--- Matthew Klahn <mklahn at mac.com> wrote: > > >> > >> On Mar 22, 2004, at 11:59 PM, Sean Whalen wrote: > > > >>> --- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> > wrote: > > > > This line should be deleted. > > True, sorry. There's no need to apologize. These attributions can get out of control quickly. > > Yes, I did mean that every Phoenix Emperor has > > become decadent before the end of his reign. > Zerika I > > and Zerika IV are the only ones who didn't and > they're > > called reborn Phoenixes. As far as I can remember > all > > the others are called decadent Phoenixes when > > discussed, even if they weren't like that at the > > beginning (the all-seeing eye of history, and all > > that). > > Never picked up on the subtlety of the "reborn" and > "decadent" terms. I > figured "decadent" just referred to that particular > stage of their > reign. It just made an impression on me because I was amazed that all the hundreds of Emperors throughout hundreds of thousands of years all became petty and unable to cope with their position. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html