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[TheWatchMan]

flame this..is it rational to bare emotions for fictional characters?this is my dissertation/major paper title which is in for tommorow.as i waste so much time shooting the breeze on here, i figure its my right to ask if anyone has any info or by some small miracle did a similar paper.please help or im screwed.i do philosophy, but its an english based title.a flamee in need is a flamee indeed.

[LongLiveYorke]

Are you going to say that it is or isn't rational? Or do you know yet?

[Franky Bones]

You mean like crying when ET dies? Yeah.. I think it is plenty rational and the question really doesn't need asking. Cry when old yeller gets it?Get choked up in field of dreams?Lots of people cried when Jack dies in Titanic. Jack....come back jack.....You are really asking the question, is it rational to have feelings?Characters being real or not doesn't diminish the events they are placed in and how it is perceived by the audience. If that were the case... and this may be an extreme example but you get my point, we all could watch a movie portrayal of a clearly non-existent super hero raping a small child on the planet marklar... and not care one way or the other because it is pure fiction. The child is just an actor and the act never really happened. So no bother to waste an emotional thought.I would say the act of no emotion is the only thing not rational. Come on... Samwise picks up FRODO on his BACK!! A hobbit.... and I felt some emotion.

[sixhands]

TheWatchMan, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 2:47 PM, said:

flame this..is it rational to bare emotions for fictional characters?this is my dissertation/major paper title which is in for tommorow.as i waste so much time shooting the breeze on here, i figure its my right to ask if anyone has any info or by some small miracle did a similar paper.please help or im screwed.i do philosophy, but its an english based title.a flamee in need is a flamee indeed.

If I could find a way to transform myself into a video game, I would be humping Lara Croft until the cows come home.I hope that helps you, if not I have just opened the door to myself being flamed.Oh well, cest la vie

[TheWatchMan]

im thinking IS rational. however if you could supply me with 8000 words ill gladly change it to ISNT. ill also be the best man at your wedding and wash your car... FOREVER.frankybones, youre a clever man.ill give someone 250 stars dollars if they can send me 8000 good words on it, with quotes by 4pm (british time)... tomorrow.

[loogie]

TheWatchMan, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 3:09 PM, said:

ill give someone 250 stars dollars if they can send me 8000 good words on it, with quotes by 4pm (british time)... tomorrow.

Crap, my British watch is broken. I think the teeth on the gears are all crooked.Ba dum bump!

[TheWatchMan]

Crap, my British watch is broken. I think the teeth on the gears are all crooked.Ba dum bump!WHAT A FANTASTIC TIME TO MAKE A **** JOKETHE BA DUM BUMP, IN MY MIND, WAS ME HITTING YOU AND YOU FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.

[loogie]

TheWatchMan, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 3:22 PM, said:

WHAT A FANTASTIC TIME TO MAKE A **** JOKETHE BA DUM BUMP, IN MY MIND, WAS ME HITTING YOU AND YOU FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.

TILT! TILT! TILT! TILT! TILT! TILT!

[Franky Bones]

TheWatchMan, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 2:09 PM, said:

im thinking IS rational. however if you could supply me with 8000 words ill gladly change it to ISNT. ill also be the best man at your wedding and wash your car... FOREVER.frankybones, youre a clever man.ill give someone 250 stars dollars if they can send me 8000 good words on it, with quotes by 4pm (british time)... tomorrow.

I am a freelance writer and consider myself a good one. (when an editor has checked my work) There really is no time to do this. However even at the retarded price of 5 cents a word. You are looking at $400. I wrote 12,000 words yesterday for a project I am doing and it took almost all day. And this all done before any spelling or grammer checks. Kids.. pay attention. School FIRST... everything else.. second. I hope you get it done though man. Let us know.

[TheWatchMan]

you are moronic, to the point that you actually pick a moronic picture of yourself and then yell tilt at people that arent playing cards.badumbump badumbump badumbump

[Franky Bones]

Not to mention the ethics behind it. I write for myself only.

[loogie]

TheWatchMan, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 3:27 PM, said:

you are moronic, to the point that you actually pick a moronic picture of yourself and then yell tilt at people that arent playing cards.badumbump badumbump badumbump

You can't upset me. You're just a fictional character in my mind, and deriving any emotion from you would be irrational. Or would it?

[TheWatchMan]

genuine rational haha, for you.

[timwakefield]

You should probably start on that paper dude. I say that it is rational. Fictional characters remind you of the real world, and cause genuine emotional responses.

[TheWatchMan]

franky, i realise that a good writer in work would probably want more than $250.however im not rich and some people might not have been in a position where they had a choice. $250 is still $250 to some broke clever philosopher out there.ive actually got about 4000 done. just got to stay up all night and do 4000 more. and its not going to be great which is the main issue.thanks for your thoughts and help though.

[Franky Bones]

TheWatchMan, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 2:34 PM, said:

franky, i realise that a good writer in work would probably want more than $250.however im not rich and some people might not have been in a position where they had a choice. $250 is still $250 to some broke clever philosopher out there.ive actually got about 4000 done. just got to stay up all night and do 4000 more. and its not going to be great which is the main issue.thanks for your thoughts and help though.

Stop posting! and get to it... If you post one more time before it is done, you are a complete moron and a safe will fall out of the sky and land on your head. By responding means you acknowledge you are a moron and risk death. ;)A for Effort.. remember that. heh Again.. let us know how it goes. I am curious to know.

[CrackofmyACE]

Franky Bones, on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 6:00 PM, said:

You mean like crying when ET dies? Yeah.. I think it is plenty rational and the question really doesn't need asking. Cry when old yeller gets it?Get choked up in field of dreams?Lots of people cried when Jack dies in Titanic. Jack....come back jack.....You are really asking the question, is it rational to have feelings?Characters being real or not doesn't diminish the events they are placed in and how it is perceived by the audience. If that were the case... and this may be an extreme example but you get my point, we all could watch a movie portrayal of a clearly non-existent super hero raping a small child on the planet marklar... and not care one way or the other because it is pure fiction. The child is just an actor and the act never really happened. So no bother to waste an emotional thought.I would say the act of no emotion is the only thing not rational. Come on... Samwise picks up FRODO on his BACK!! A hobbit.... and I felt some emotion.