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davem · 02-23-2006, 04:38 AM

Well, it was a personal opinion. She may have been ignorant of the Rules, but its still a bit like me accepting a challenge to a fight which my opponent intends to be limited to fists & on equal terms – winner takes all - when I have a gun in my belt which I haven't mentioned & which I fully intend to pull & use. My opponent might not have known I had the gun, so technically I may be in the right (& certainly it would be his fault for issuing such a hasty challenge) but I think most people would think I was cheating if I shot him as he stood there in his boxing gloves on the other side of the ring.

On the other hand, I accept that Aslan only agreed to be killed, & the question of whether resurrection was allowed seems never to have been discussed.

Mind you, I always felt Superman was a cheat in the same way too.

And I wasn't really comparing Gandalf with Aslan, just the differences in their deaths.

02-23-2006, 04:38 AM	#33
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Well, it was a personal opinion. She may have been ignorant of the Rules, but its still a bit like me accepting a challenge to a fight which my opponent intends to be limited to fists & on equal terms – winner takes all - when I have a gun in my belt which I haven't mentioned & which I fully intend to pull & use. My opponent might not have known I had the gun, so technically I may be in the right (& certainly it would be his fault for issuing such a hasty challenge) but I think most people would think I was cheating if I shot him as he stood there in his boxing gloves on the other side of the ring. On the other hand, I accept that Aslan only agreed to be killed, & the question of whether resurrection was allowed seems never to have been discussed. Mind you, I always felt Superman was a cheat in the same way too. And I wasn't really comparing Gandalf with Aslan, just the differences in their deaths. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."