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I'm posting this short wank piece simply because of the surrealness of it all. It also contains no references to rape or injured children, which is always a plus in this comm, right?

The members of Useless Facts argue about how many noses a mythical man has.

A taster:

"(Clarification for those who failed reading comprehension: kids tend to assume that he has all 365 noses on the last day of the year, because there are 365 days left in the COMING year... but he only has ONE nose on the last day... which is the ONLY day of the year he appears in public. KTHXBYE!)"

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	redwarrior 2007-09-08 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	That's just...weird. I think the nose-man is like one of those ethical problems. You know, where a kid whose parents had syphillis and was the fifth in their family should be aborted, and, if you say yes, you end up killing Beethoven? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	gynocrat 2007-09-08 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	I lack the comprehension to understand what you just said. runs off to wikipedia... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragonfangirl
2007-09-09 05:57 am UTC (link)

It's one of the pro-lifer arguments attempting to carpetbomb the "good life" ethical question. Namely, if you know ahead of time that there is little to no chance of a child having a good life -- being born with a disease that kills in early childhood, or with no brain, or in dire poverty, or addicted to cocaine or whatever -- is it ethical to abort them?

Anyway, the "Beethoven" argument basically attempts to scotch this question by saying that if you abort any child, anywhere, no matter how averse their circumstances, you might be killing Beethoven! And if you don't abort a studious, healthy, vegetarian child, you are supporting Hitler! It's kind of weird.

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	^_^; gynocrat 2007-09-09 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	I was riffing on the OP mock, the where an angry member of the wank tried to defend her misunderstanding, by quoting something from wikipedia. ^_- However, unlike that nitwit, I do appreciate your explanation and not calling me out as having failed reading comprehension. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-09-09 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	And all the Beethoven haters are like, "Sweet! Sign me up!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ilpalazzo 2007-09-11 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Totally. I'm all for pennyroyalling the little shithead. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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