13th April 2006, 6:21 PM
Yes, we have established that already.
Moving on to what I actually was attempting to ask:
Does someone actually have to believe the story is true to get a message from it? Can they not realize that parts of it were exxagerated and/or false and still be inspired by the story? Titanic certainly moved a lot of people, even though it is made very clear that the two main characters are totally fictional constructs.
Moving on to what I actually was attempting to ask:
Does someone actually have to believe the story is true to get a message from it? Can they not realize that parts of it were exxagerated and/or false and still be inspired by the story? Titanic certainly moved a lot of people, even though it is made very clear that the two main characters are totally fictional constructs.
"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)