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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 3:37 am
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Marathon Man
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are we guilty just for thinking up something?

It's Hinduism of which Karma is an element. And identifying with the idea of the action (without actually taking the action) results in the same 'Karmic debt' as actually taking the action. In order words, you're already guilty.

Well if you're already guilty, I say you might as well use it.Well if you're already guilty, I say you might as well use it.
Forgive me for not knowing all of this kind of thing, but am I to understand that there actually ARE factions out there that would actually say someone is wrong just for THINKING of doing something even if they never really go through with it?

I actually ran into that recently in another issue and I believe that is way to Nazi-like for me. I think someone can imagine or think of just about anything they wish to, but if some over zealous jerk comes along and tries to bust you just for coming up with it--or even publishing it--then where are we all headed? And in that case, yeah, use the cert because they'll bag ya anyway now that you brought it up! They'll track you down and source your name from this forum or something and then they will take your house and wife, and the next thing you know, you are out on the street begging for nickles, or worse yet, you may be writhing at the bottom of a smelly pit confounded to eternal perril as a half man, half dog beast much like what happened to the transporter executive in the last version of THE FLY movie with Jeff Goldbloom & Gina Davis or somethin'... (it was on cable last nite as I fell asleep thinkin' up with other wild sh*t)

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