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Grex Melvin Item 55: _Social Text_ hoax
Entered by carson on Sun Jul 7 11:35:59 UTC 1996:

any thoughts on the _Social Text_ hoax?

14 responses total.

#1 of 14 by hopies on Sat Jul 20 02:37:15 1996:

is anyone in here going to discuss science?

#2 of 14 by lapcat on Fri Aug 2 23:56:01 1996:

Apparently not.  There is more discussion on M-Net than here.

#3 of 14 by arianna on Sun Aug 25 20:00:59 1996:

Russ!  *hug*

#4 of 14 by raven on Sat Jan 25 21:10:23 1997:

Raven sets off a nuclear bomb in the conference and watches to see if anyone
notices.

#5 of 14 by yo on Wed Feb 26 22:18:28 1997:

nope

#6 of 14 by scott on Fri Apr 4 17:10:10 1997:

<Yawn>

#7 of 14 by orinoco on Sun Sep 14 04:53:20 1997:

I second that aspiration.

#8 of 14 by abang on Fri Nov 14 12:46:08 1997:

I second that too... If I'm not mistaken.. hahaha..

#9 of 14 by yo on Sun Jan 21 02:54:36 2001:

still nope

#10 of 14 by yo on Sun May 20 08:08:28 2001:

A tiny cannon is rolled onto a plank a small match is lit and the whole thing
sinks who lit that match?

#11 of 14 by yo on Mon Jun 11 08:16:57 2001:

Bang
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        bang
Bang

#12 of 14 by senna on Tue Apr 9 17:36:48 2002:

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#13 of 14 by senna on Tue Apr 9 17:46:42 2002:

I will eat you all.

#14 of 14 by senna on Wed Apr 10 18:25:25 2002:

        William Shakespeare's Hamlet is widely regarded as one of the 
great works of Western literature, a timeless play that still invites 
controversy, commentary, and division 500 years after it was written.  
The play is a mainstay of classrooms across the country, drawing 
students into its compelling drama year after year.  The reason it has 
endured so well as a critical element of Western lexicon is its mystery; 
nobody can identify with any certainty the motives of either the 
protagonist or the author, and libraries worth of books have been 
written on the subject.  The fact that is so often lost, however, is 
that it is surprisingly clear what Shakespeare intends with this play: 
with his own twist on the great morality plays of Sophocles, Shakespeare 
has created a play that speaks out against hubris and Godly 
role-assumption.  Hamlet is essentially a three-act play that is 
extended to five much bloodier acts by Hamlet's decision to play deity 
in his choice to delay killing Claudius when presented with a perfect 
opportunity.
        The reader understands from early in the play that Hamlet's 
father has been murdered, and it does not take long to see that Claudius 
is the culprit.  Even if one mistrusts the Ghost, the guilt of Claudius 
is plain and there is no attempt to conceal it.  Hamlet's role quickly 
reveals itself, through the Ghost, to be the avenger of his father's 
death.  "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder," (1.5: 31) says the 
Ghost, and the path is clear.  There are no qualifications and no 
secondary objectives.  Hamlet is not charged to return justice to the 
land, or to feed the poor, or to remove all evil from Denmark, or to 
make his revenge especially gruesome and dramatic, but to avenge his 
father.  
        Hamlet spends time struggling with the situation he has been 
cast into in the earlier parts of the play, but by Act 3 his plan 
coalesces and moves toward fruition.  Hamlet's feelings of conscience 
force him to determine Claudius' guilt beyond doubt, and he decides to 
do this using the arts.  A play is organized that, through scenes that 
mimic the murder of Hamlet's father, will have such a clear effect on 
Claudius that his guilt will be obvious.

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