tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post1760154254512371630..comments2013-04-19T10:04:05.819-07:00Comments on Bruce R. Cordell: ImprisonedBruce Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909721180218892687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post-28109349486788635632011-09-14T08:54:56.242-07:002011-09-14T08:54:56.242-07:00Lester,
I see your point. I guess I have a hard t...Lester,<br /><br />I see your point. I guess I have a hard time imagining that something could be weakened by fighting it, which means the thing is vulnerable to physical force, but then for whatever reason the attackers can't go all the way, unless the thing can't actually die.Bruce Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909721180218892687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post-22382641637412307642011-09-14T08:49:53.031-07:002011-09-14T08:49:53.031-07:00I'd make a distinction between "We can...I'd make a distinction between "We can't kill it" and "It can't die." Sometimes Lilliputians can tie a Gulliver down, even if he's too big for them to kill. But that doesn't make Gulliver immortal.Lester Smithhttp://www.lestersmith.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post-14085687231550383812011-09-13T08:57:02.611-07:002011-09-13T08:57:02.611-07:00Lester, I think that one is covered under:
"...Lester, I think that one is covered under:<br /><br />"Inability for the Evil Thing to actually die (for whatever reason);"Bruce Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909721180218892687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post-36591197725243066502011-09-13T08:18:51.498-07:002011-09-13T08:18:51.498-07:00Interesting that the one I've most seen isn...Interesting that the one I've most seen isn't mentioned here: "We barely had the power to imprison it, let alone destroy it!" Consider all those bottled genies, for example. Solomon managed to seal them up, but it was beyond human knowledge to slay them.Lester Smithhttp://www.lestersmith.comnoreply@blogger.com