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Repent, Harlequin!
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Steve Burton
2004-08-11 05:34:48 UTC
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Said the TickTockMan.

"The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines with
their bodies."
Henry David Thoreau
Will Dockery
2004-08-12 04:50:20 UTC
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Post by Steve Burton
Said the TickTockMan.
True. But don't you have anything to add, any thoughts on the story?
Post by Steve Burton
"The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines with
their bodies."
Henry David Thoreau
lensman1955
2004-08-14 15:10:58 UTC
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Post by Will Dockery
Post by Steve Burton
Said the TickTockMan.
True. But don't you have anything to add, any thoughts on the story?
Post by Steve Burton
"The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines with
their bodies."
Henry David Thoreau
Apparently not, so I will. I always wondered why Everet C. Marm didn't
get terminated even without the TickTock Man knowing he was actually
the Harlequin. I mean, the man had no sense of time, he was constantly
late even as himself, never mind what he was doing as Harlequin. I'm
surprised they didn't terminate him and wonder whatever happened to
"that troublemaker."
Justin
2004-09-24 15:00:50 UTC
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Post by lensman1955
Post by Will Dockery
Post by Steve Burton
Said the TickTockMan.
True. But don't you have anything to add, any thoughts on the story?
Post by Steve Burton
"The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines with
their bodies."
Henry David Thoreau
Apparently not, so I will. I always wondered why Everet C. Marm didn't
get terminated even without the TickTock Man knowing he was actually
the Harlequin. I mean, the man had no sense of time, he was constantly
late even as himself, never mind what he was doing as Harlequin. I'm
surprised they didn't terminate him and wonder whatever happened to
"that troublemaker."
It's not a perfectly efficient system. I'm guessing they would've caught up
with him eventually, unless maybe he was too unimportant to ever even
register on their radar.

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