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BTGBullseye

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  1. Well, I live in a certain society and as such I have to follow certain rules and laws. I can't just club an annoying teenager to death or burn down a village because I feel like it. Actually I can, but the consequences would be harsh, so I better not do it. Things could change if I were to became an all-powerfull dictator, but chances are pretty slim.

     

    And also overall I respect the value of life and free will and stuff like that. Even though my empathy is pretty low and I'm a cynical person, I'm not intrinsically evil, though sometimes I wish to be.

    Ah, a likened mindset arrives to aid me in my plans for world conquest.

  2. 1377 - A sermon by a German monk states "the game of cards has come to us this year" and prohibitions against cards are issued by Prince John of Castile and the cities of Florence and Basel.

  3. In Nanjing, capital of the Ming Dynasty of China, a bureau secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Ru Taisu, sends a 17,000 character-long memorial to the throne, to be read aloud to the Hongwu Emperor. By the 16,370th character, the emperor has been offended by several passages, and has Ru Taisu summoned to court and flogged for the perceived insult. The next day, having had the remaining characters read to him, he likes four of Ru's recommendations, and instates these in reforms. Ru is nevertheless castigated for having forced the emperor to hear thousands of characters before getting to the part with true substance. The last 500 characters are elevated in court as the model-type memorial that all officials should aspire to create while writing their own.

  4. 1375 - In Nanjing, capital of the Ming Dynasty of China, a bureau secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Ru Taisu, sends a 17,000 character-long memorial to the throne, to be read aloud to the Hongwu Emperor. By the 16,370th character, the emperor has been offended by several passages, and has Ru Taisu summoned to court and flogged for the perceived insult. The next day, having had the remaining characters read to him, he likes four of Ru's recommendations, and instates these in reforms. Ru is nevertheless castigated for having forced the emperor to hear thousands of characters before getting to the part with true substance. The last 500 characters are elevated in court as the model-type memorial that all officials should aspire to create while writing their own.

     

    The moral: GET ON WITH IT!!!

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