HIGHLA-L Digest - 3 Feb 2004 to 4 Feb 2004 (#2004-25)
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Topics of the day:
1. Season Two dvd Commentary: Run For Your Life
2. Impact & New HL Mini-Series? (2)
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 09:29:18 -0500
From: kageorge <kageorge@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Season Two dvd Commentary: Run For Your Life
From: "Wendy Tillis" <immortals_incorporated@cox.net>
> I'm not sure that Duncan believes that Immortality is a privilege and a
gift. I think he sees it as a fact of life. He *is* Immortal..that's just
the way his life is. His personal code of honor requires that he try to be a
good man- as he would have doing regardless of whether he was Immortal or
not. I wouldn't say he thinks that Immortals have an obligation to use
their Immortality for good purposes- rather that they shouldn't use it for
ill. If an Immortal just wanted to lay about on a beach and get a good tan
for 3000 years, Duncan wouldn't have a problem with that. In fact I'd
suggest that Duncan's only rules for Immortal conduct are 1) you don't
hurt/kill mortals for anything other than a damn good reason and 2) you
don't pretend to be a God. If you avoid those two things, Duncan doesn't
care if you work to cure cancer or work to drink all the beer in world.
I think we're both right, actually, but you make a good point so I'll
rephrase my earlier discussion: Duncan sees Immortality as a very mixed
blessing, but one that shouldn't be abused in a way that hurts those who are
not similarly afflicted/blessed. You are right in that Duncan is very
tolerant of Immortals who break mortal laws, just so long as it doesn't
shorten mortal lives. But he *does* try to influence his Immortal friends
to Do The Right Thing - as he did with Carl in RFYL - emphasizing the
positive things about Immortality and what can be learned and achieved.
In that sense, his rep as "judgmental" is usually vastly overstated. He is
judgmental when it comes to Immortals taking mortal life. For the most
part, however, while he may frown upon an Immortal's hedonistic or
self-centered lifestyle, he is a live-and-let-live kind of guy, making easy
and long-lasting friendships with naughty Amanda and feckless Fitz, and has
even engaged in some naughty and feckless behavior himself from time to
time.
MacGeorge
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 09:52:44 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Impact & New HL Mini-Series?
John spills--
> Yes, the name Michael (often pictured with a flaming sword) is no accident
> and David said so himself. I think there are liable to be analogies rather
> than anything that would hit you over the head too savagely.
Speaking of which, who has gotten HL Store's inevitable catalog flogging
mini-series bits & baubles? A flaming sword could come in handy around the
house....
Nina
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:14:47 -0600
From: "Spear, Kathy--SJA" <Kathy.Spear@hood.army.mil>
Subject: Re: Impact & New HL Mini-Series?
is there an updated HL store magazine? last one i have is dated 1997, i
think
-----Original Message-----
From: MacWestie [mailto:mac.westie@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:53 PM
To: HIGHLA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
Subject: Re: Impact & New HL Mini-Series?
John spills--
> Yes, the name Michael (often pictured with a flaming sword) is no accident
> and David said so himself. I think there are liable to be analogies rather
> than anything that would hit you over the head too savagely.
Speaking of which, who has gotten HL Store's inevitable catalog flogging
mini-series bits & baubles? A flaming sword could come in handy around the
house....
Nina
mac.westie@verizon.net
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