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Thread: John Wyclif (sic) takes a bullet
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Of course now the kid has to pay a library fine for destroying a book...
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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I defy an e-book to do as well!
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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I think he should buy that book and keep it!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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I can see there could be a whole new line for publishers now - Books that Could Save Your Life, with specially reinforced covers and nice thick paper.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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During World War 2 some soldiers had Bibles with steel covers.
Moo
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I think he should buy that book and keep it!
I would hope that the Library would let him have it.
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
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Arethosemyfeet
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Hedgehog:
I defy an e-book to do as well!
It probably would if it were on an iPad or similar metal-cased device.
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The Machine Elf
Irregular polytope
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Originally posted by Arethosemyfeet:
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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
I defy an e-book to do as well!
It probably would if it were on an iPad or similar metal-cased device.
No, thin metal is not remotely good at stopping bullets - see Lily Asussman's famous macbook
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itsarumdo
Shipmate
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This could be the start of a renaissance in printed books. Well - tomes. And body armour. Maybe both.
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"Iti sapis potanda tinone" Lycophron
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Rev per Minute
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Lord Jestocost:
Life of student in gun rampage is saved by the stopping power of a book on Wyclif(fe).
Wow. Who needs state regulated gun control when you have a great medieval thinker to hand?
I know we're marking the centenary of the beginning of the Great War, but is it really time to relvve the 'life saved by a pocket Bible' stories?
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