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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by pmdulaney on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:28PM (#41955777)
Improved title: "Whose skeleton was buried by a secret society under this Baltimore bar?"
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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by qup on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @12:01PM (#41985573)
In the new title, the skeleton has gone from person to property.
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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by LoganDark on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @12:06PM (#41985663)
I would say the skeleton is a property of the body. I wouldn't say I'm my skeleton - I'm just a flesh automaton animated by neurotransmitters...
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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by cameroncooper on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @12:54PM (#41986504)
"flesh automaton" reminds me of this great short story by Terry Bisson I came across in an issue of MIT's Twelve Tomorrows

https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...

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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by cheeseomlit on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @02:43PM (#41987960)
Time to go back to the archon grid for that sweet divine light
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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by Strang on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @01:56PM (#41987452)
Grammatical possession does not imply property. "My grandmother," "my hometown," "my skeleton," etc.
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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by drhagen on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @02:51PM (#41988045)
In Chapter 21 of the Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis discusses the dangers of interchanging of the various flavors of "my". (Well, a fictional demon monologues about the utility of confusing "my" in the mind of humans, but that's the Screwtape Letters for you.)
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Re:Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this... by fluoridation on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @04:45PM (#41989187)
No skeleton has ever been a person.
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