why the coin in the watertank (PoD) nags me
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why the coin in the watertank (PoD) nags me
GEoD, pocketbook edition p.369.
"Nayla accepted a bunch of flowers from one of the children, sniffed them and sneezed.
Another urchin extended flowers toward Siona, lifting a wide-eyed stare toward her. She accepted the flowers without looking at the child. Idaho merely waved the children aside as they approached him. They hesitated, staring up at him, then scurried around him toward the rest of the troop.
Garun spoke to Idaho. "If you give them a few coins, they will not bother you."
Idaho shuddered. Was this the training for Fremen children?"
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now I'll go and share this same concern with "them"
"Nayla accepted a bunch of flowers from one of the children, sniffed them and sneezed.
Another urchin extended flowers toward Siona, lifting a wide-eyed stare toward her. She accepted the flowers without looking at the child. Idaho merely waved the children aside as they approached him. They hesitated, staring up at him, then scurried around him toward the rest of the troop.
Garun spoke to Idaho. "If you give them a few coins, they will not bother you."
Idaho shuddered. Was this the training for Fremen children?"
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now I'll go and share this same concern with "them"
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I'm not really sure I'm seeing your point or the connection, other than the coins.
There's a considerable difference between a group of badly portrayed Fremen warriors in an implausible scene where they're ordered to dive into a deep pool to retrieve a gold coin (I think maybe I agree with whoever pointed it out here, that it's just offered as a goal, not meant as a payment incentive...it could have been a rock. But I've forgotten my copy in the office and can't check that chapter at the moment) and a group of children of the degenerate Museum Fremen thousands of years later soliciting a few coins for flowers from tourists.
Look at it this way: there's been no evidence whatsoever provided even hinting that the pool scene was something they found in Frank Herbert's notes. We are therefore free to assume that it is something Kevin (or the other guy) came up with on their own. (That's what it really feels like, no?)
So ... it never happened.
If it's not Frank Herbert's idea, it never happened in the true Duniverse. And even if Frank Herbert himself wrote it (like the Leto-Jessica meeting scene included by the hacks in House Harkonnen) but never published it in one of his books and it contradicts something in a published book...it also never ever happened.
There's a considerable difference between a group of badly portrayed Fremen warriors in an implausible scene where they're ordered to dive into a deep pool to retrieve a gold coin (I think maybe I agree with whoever pointed it out here, that it's just offered as a goal, not meant as a payment incentive...it could have been a rock. But I've forgotten my copy in the office and can't check that chapter at the moment) and a group of children of the degenerate Museum Fremen thousands of years later soliciting a few coins for flowers from tourists.
Look at it this way: there's been no evidence whatsoever provided even hinting that the pool scene was something they found in Frank Herbert's notes. We are therefore free to assume that it is something Kevin (or the other guy) came up with on their own. (That's what it really feels like, no?)
So ... it never happened.
If it's not Frank Herbert's idea, it never happened in the true Duniverse. And even if Frank Herbert himself wrote it (like the Leto-Jessica meeting scene included by the hacks in House Harkonnen) but never published it in one of his books and it contradicts something in a published book...it also never ever happened.
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The horror felt by Duncan Idaho, that a urchin greedy for a few coins cannot be, it isn't a Fremen.
In PoD that boy almost drowns to recover the gold.
In PoD that boy almost drowns to recover the gold.
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No, he almost drowns to receive a blessing from Muad'Dib. Reread the passage. The task he must perform to receive that blessing is to retrieve the coin from the pool. He does not do it for monetary gain.
Misrepresenting what they have written does not win an argument. Or help our cause. Misreading is what they do.
I have to agree with Schu on the other thread: simply quoting something with a suggestive (thread) title makes people have to try to guess what you want to say. While there's nothing wrong with trying to make people think once in a while, it's a lot more helpful if you explain.
(Pardon the unpleasant comparison, but that is one of the things arnoldo used to do that drove us up the wall. Especially Freak, who got after him about it several times over on Arrakeen, the board that Hyppo killed.)
Misrepresenting what they have written does not win an argument. Or help our cause. Misreading is what they do.
I have to agree with Schu on the other thread: simply quoting something with a suggestive (thread) title makes people have to try to guess what you want to say. While there's nothing wrong with trying to make people think once in a while, it's a lot more helpful if you explain.
(Pardon the unpleasant comparison, but that is one of the things arnoldo used to do that drove us up the wall. Especially Freak, who got after him about it several times over on Arrakeen, the board that Hyppo killed.)
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And on this subject I must confess that I've only read (from KJA) the Houses Trilogy. That water tank sequence, I read the on line excerpt.
No, I'm not willingly misrepresenting their ideas nor flaming nor spamming the other forum.
even more my conceptions are all based on the threads published by all of you here.
The thread title "Good deed of the day" I only used it here as a wink to all of you. Over there I titled it: "the truth on Vladimir Harkonnen Obesity".
Fremen or Fremen museum boys going after coins nags me because what does a fremen need gold for? It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it, being wrong, then it can be discussed.
No, I'm not willingly misrepresenting their ideas nor flaming nor spamming the other forum.
even more my conceptions are all based on the threads published by all of you here.
The thread title "Good deed of the day" I only used it here as a wink to all of you. Over there I titled it: "the truth on Vladimir Harkonnen Obesity".
Fremen or Fremen museum boys going after coins nags me because what does a fremen need gold for? It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it, being wrong, then it can be discussed.
SandChigger wrote:No, he almost drowns to receive a blessing from Muad'Dib. Reread the passage. The task he must perform to receive that blessing is to retrieve the coin from the pool. He does not do it for monetary gain.
Misrepresenting what they have written does not win an argument. Or help our cause. Misreading is what they do.
I have to agree with Schu on the other thread: simply quoting something with a suggestive (thread) title makes people have to try to guess what you want to say. While there's nothing wrong with trying to make people think once in a while, it's a lot more helpful if you explain.
(Pardon the unpleasant comparison, but that is one of the things arnoldo used to do that drove us up the wall. Especially Freak, who got after him about it several times over on Arrakeen, the board that Hyppo killed.)
Only the books written by Frank Herbert are canon.
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Listen cmsahe, I understand why you're being defensive, I did put my point pretty aggressively to you, but Chig did not say you were wilfully misrepresenting anything, just misreading/misrepresenting it. No wilful.
So I'm sorry if I was the one that put you on the defensive here, but Chig was not attacking you, just pointing out the flaws in your reasoning and giving you some advice. He's a lot gentler than I am
try not to take it personally, we're a picky bunch.
So I'm sorry if I was the one that put you on the defensive here, but Chig was not attacking you, just pointing out the flaws in your reasoning and giving you some advice. He's a lot gentler than I am
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cmsahe wrote:even more my conceptions are all based on the threads published by all of you here.
That could be a dangerous thing ....
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Hi Schu, there is a study on the difficulty that represents the Internet to convey the emotions, meaning of words and mood of the people who is trying to chat or interchange information in a Message Board. If we were all together talking and watching a football game I'm sure we would be having an amenable time.Schu wrote:Listen cmsahe, I understand why you're being defensive, I did put my point pretty aggressively to you, but Chig did not say you were wilfully misrepresenting anything, just misreading/misrepresenting it. No wilful.
So I'm sorry if I was the one that put you on the defensive here, but Chig was not attacking you, just pointing out the flaws in your reasoning and giving you some advice. He's a lot gentler than I amtry not to take it personally, we're a picky bunch.
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So what's that thing about a tranvestite robot (Ommious or something like that...)in the KJA/BH Dune series? (I'm not buying their books...) US7.99 plus shipping and handling that's a lot for me.
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Yes I'm doing the: "The friend of my uncle's cousin heard that they are saying that my girlfriend's aunt said that thing"SandRider wrote:cmsahe wrote:even more my conceptions are all based on the threads published by all of you here.
That could be a dangerous thing ....
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Yes indeed. One of the most important things in an internet setting is to not automatically take things personally: after all, it is just a bunch of disembodied words from someone half way across the world.cmsahe wrote:Hi Schu, there is a study on the difficulty that represents the Internet to convey the emotions, meaning of words and mood of the people who is trying to chat or interchange information in a Message Board. If we were all together talking and watching a football game I'm sure we would be having an amenable time.Schu wrote:Listen cmsahe, I understand why you're being defensive, I did put my point pretty aggressively to you, but Chig did not say you were wilfully misrepresenting anything, just misreading/misrepresenting it. No wilful.
So I'm sorry if I was the one that put you on the defensive here, but Chig was not attacking you, just pointing out the flaws in your reasoning and giving you some advice. He's a lot gentler than I amtry not to take it personally, we're a picky bunch.
So what's that thing about a tranvestite robot (Ommious or something like that...)in the KJA/BH Dune series? (I'm not buying their books...) US7.99 plus shipping and handling that's a lot for me.
On the other hand, I don't watch football, american or otherwise... tennis I'll watch though, Ana Ivanovic is a hottie!
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