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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 16:58:37 GMT -5
Yeah. Whoa! Watch it Mirage!
Randall is just a human with reptilian traits. I'm sure if he didn't have those traits, he would look just like me or you........ Now...lets not get into the discussion with the Devil's Fruit yet....
Which reminds me.... Umm....just a question Pitbulllady. But umm.... Are you avoiding?
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 17:06:03 GMT -5
What really defines and animal? What really defines a person? You can't answer those questions.
Humans can be animals at times.....so animals can be human at times. Again, at times, both stay animal or human.
It's alright. Randall is a human with animal genes, just remember that. You don't know the extent of Devil's Fruit or the Island to the extent I do.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 17:07:25 GMT -5
What in th?! That reply was for Mirage's statement.....Mirage, are you re-phrasing or something?
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Post by Mirage on Mar 7, 2005 17:09:37 GMT -5
Wh---?! What happened.... Oh well, what I'd said was that yes, the line between animal and human can be pretty tough to define, like you said. Most people would probably view the monsters as animals, come to think of it. I know that--for various reasons pitbullady stated--they're technically people. But so are most animated 'animals.'
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 17:20:20 GMT -5
Exactly. Alexander is a prime example. Thinks of Randall as just an animal.
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Post by Mirage on Mar 7, 2005 17:21:22 GMT -5
Grr. Who's this Alexander..?
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 17:22:49 GMT -5
Head to Games....
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Post by Mirage on Mar 7, 2005 17:26:29 GMT -5
*searches* Ohhhhhhhh, okay..... Well, he's wrong.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 17:33:15 GMT -5
Luckily, you'll be able to see what happens in first person...
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Post by Mirage on Mar 7, 2005 17:49:21 GMT -5
Ooh, cuz it's an rpg. Gotcha. Neato.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 17:57:04 GMT -5
Remind yourself it's not an online RPG......
It's one you can play.
Say....wanna join? Avis and Fairly Odd Parent have. I'm trying to get everyone to be characters so they can help Ran out.
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Post by Mirage on Mar 7, 2005 18:11:38 GMT -5
What do you mean by 'not online'? Do you mean it's one done on here?
Because I was in a Nemo-related Rpg on a forum like this about two years ago. I'd like to join this one, but...I'm afraid I won't be able to contribute very much. I remember Rpg posts taking me quite a bit longer to type out, & I don't know that I'm going to have that kind of time anymore. But...if you've got a more minor character, I'd gladly help out...anything for Ran... ;D
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 18:26:09 GMT -5
No no. What I meant by "online" was what you just said.
It's NOT like the Nemo RPG. It's one you PLAY. Like Baulder's Gate almost, just in the style of early Final Fantasy games.
I do most of the work. All you have to do is what I told Avis to in Games and select your sets.
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Post by pitbulllady on Mar 7, 2005 20:01:26 GMT -5
Yeah. Whoa! Watch it Mirage! Randall is just a human with reptilian traits. I'm sure if he didn't have those traits, he would look just like me or you........ Now...lets not get into the discussion with the Devil's Fruit yet.... Which reminds me.... Umm....just a question Pitbulllady. But umm.... Are you avoiding? Avoiding WHAT? I posted several of the scientifically, and ethically, accepted differences between animals and humans, or in this case, "people", on the bottom of page 2 of this thread. I get into these discussions all the time, with people who feel that my keeping and breeding dogs and snakes is akin to slavery, arguing that my Catahoulas and rat snakes are "people", but unable to provide any evidence of such. They are alive, yes, they have emotions and can feel pain, yes, but show one of my dogs a mirror, and he/she attacks it, thinking it is another dog. Now, Randall got criticized for attacking other monsters, and he knew it was wrong to do so, just as *I* know it is wrong to do so. A dog has absolutely no way of knowing it's wrong to kill another dog, anymore than one of my Kingsnakes would think it is wrong to eat another Kingsnake! They have no capabilities of ethics or moral standards, and cannot be held to them or made accountable for their actions. Even Mike, who's probably not too religious(except, like many people, when he's in deep trouble)prays to SOMEONE while he's running down the hall, in the hopes that Randall has left Boo's door out as he promised. This shows that the monsters have a belief in a Superior Being. I have yet to see any non-human animal in our world demonstrate such a belief. So indeed, there would be a LOT of differences, from an ethical and philosophical standpoint, between the monsters of that movie, and animals of our world. They are, as I stated, people, though it would likely take a bit of convincing for some humans to accept that. To most, as you stated, Randall would seem just another animal-until he spoke, and demonstrated his many differences. I doubt, upon hearing him speak, or reading anything he'd written, that any judge would deny him the same rights that at least an undocumented immigrant would have in this country, which are quite a lot. pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 7, 2005 20:09:52 GMT -5
Know. What I meant by avoiding is nothing to do with right here. It's just....I've been asking about the sprites for the past few days.... I don't mean to be pushy and I understand how tough teachering is (believe me, I learned another lesson today, somebody stole my keyboarding teacher's expensive laptop she worked for), but I just wanted some feed back since all I have left is credits.
Oh! So you have enjoyed Ran's stories. He'll be glad to hear ^_^
I wouldn't go so sure on the judge part Pitbulllady. Especially here in the human world.
You think society (overall) would accept a monster as a citizen? Now I know in what I've written, I've become a citizen in the monster world......but....it does come with risks.
Well.....guess that question is the basis for my Finale..
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