4th December 2003, 7:34 PM
Hey GR, "falls for"? I've never really been able to think of an alternate solution than just doing as they ask. I mean, the choices are "don't do this and she will CERTAINLY die" or "do this and MAYBE they'll actually release her, or at least it could force them into a moment of weakness where the prisoner can be freed". Logically the latter is always the better choice. Honestly, is there a 3rd option?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)