by "One Bit Shy" <OBS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jan 18, 2008 at 01:16 AM
"Don Sample" <dsample@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <13ovnaqtb068l88@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "One Bit Shy" <OBS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsmtsm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > I haven't seen any suggestions about Wesley's experience or opinions
>> > about prophecies.
>>
>> Have you forgotten the Shanshu fiasco when he mis-translated the key
>> phrase?
>>
>> I think that *should* have taught him to be wary of giving prophecies
>> definitive meanings, but I think people also tend to keep making the
same
>> mistakes. So I see it as a character trait of his.
>>
>> OBS
>
> I always thought that he should have been soundly beaten with a copy of
> Oedipus Rex.
I saw a production of Oedipus once. It was kind of cool in a way - great
story, Greek choruses - but boy did it drag a lot. Now Wesley - he gets a
talking hamburger. Oedipus has oracles, but no talking hamburger.
OBS
