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#169▸ Posted: 22 Aug 2001, 09:18 PST
The thread now has ritual beats: Dan fragment, skeptic brake, Trust suspicion, Gail record lane, copycat flare, staff boundary. It feels like progress even when it cycles. That rhythm is part of the evidence problem.
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#170▸ Posted: 03 Sep 2001, 06:11 GMT
Is the rhythm manufactured or just what a forum does when nobody can settle the question?
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#171▸ Posted: 03 Sep 2001, 10:08 EST
Both are possible, which is the least satisfying true answer. Repetition is not automatically manipulation. But manipulation loves repeatable grooves because it can enter without leaving a new footprint.
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#172▸ Posted: 15 Sep 2001, 12:20 EST
I am passing on the story for now because it keeps collapsing into caveats, and caveats do not survive my editor. That is a compliment to the thread and an indictment of my shop.
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#173▸ Posted: 15 Sep 2001, 11:46 CST
Good. A caveat-resistant claim is either very strong or very dumb. This one is neither.
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#174▸ Posted: 27 Sep 2001, 20:01 EST
Dan, did you ever see a craft?
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#175▸ Posted: 27 Sep 2001, 21:00 EST
No. I saw containers, screens, a room nobody entered alone, and people changing how they breathed when certain boxes moved. If you need a craft witness, I am not him.
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#176▸ Posted: 27 Sep 2001, 21:18 EST
No craft, no bodies, no place, no proof. Strong brand.
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