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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 08:15 AM
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Schrodinger's Guilt
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his friends are going to stand trial! It's taken about six and a half years for this to happen, during which they were all presumably kept waiting in the parlor of a sumptuous mansion along with the Colonel, the Countess, the jewel thief, the butler and the maid while a brilliant but eccentric sleuth attempted to discern the identity of the true culprit through the use of the deductive method, the thorough examination of evidence, and simulated drowning.

Everybody else has to stay in Special Torture Jail forever on accounta they have all come down with Schrodinger's Guilt. If they stay in the box they might be guilty, but if we open the box they might not be.

http://fafblog.blogspot.com/

They are in there with the cat.
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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 09:09 AM
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1. Excellent analogy!
:)
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 09:34 AM
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3. I thought it was great.
I'm sure it whooshes over Rethugs.
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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 09:54 AM
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5. lol. Yep; it's science-related, and so enters that particular blind spot of theirs.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 09:12 AM
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2. Many Republicans whose names are so familiar to us,
don't want to let him out of the box because they will, er. excuse me, might be implicated.
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HippieCowgirl Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 09:54 AM
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4. Perfect way to describe it.
Will this "guilty until proven innocent, then suspect for life" mindset spill over to everyone?
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sailor65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 10:05 AM
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6. WOW
that's a hell of an analogy.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 10:09 AM
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7. "If they stay in the box they might be guilty"
Perfect analogy. Brilliant.
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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 10:15 AM
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8. Excellent writing,
very slick.



:applause:
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 01:31 PM
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9. Best analogy I've read in a while. nt
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 04:42 PM
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10. I'll bet Shrodinger never thought
there would be quantum terrorist trials.
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