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Galadriel55 · 02-03-2011, 05:00 PM

The website wouldn't load on my computer for some reason.

How can someone pretend to be someone else who has been dead for years?
And how can he re-write that person's works and pass it off as his own?
And who'd fall for it? The logic here escapes me.

I mean, if I told you I was Newton and gave you an account of an apple hitting my head, would you believe me?

02-03-2011, 05:00 PM	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,518	The website wouldn't load on my computer for some reason. How can someone pretend to be someone else who has been dead for years? And how can he re-write that person's works and pass it off as his own? And who'd fall for it? The logic here escapes me. I mean, if I told you I was Newton and gave you an account of an apple hitting my head, would you believe me? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera