On Wed, 12 May 2004, Howard Brazee wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 2004 12:51:22 -0400 (EDT), John Klein > <zarkon at illrepute.org> wrote: > > > @> Because our world isn't a circle on a wheel. We are building a > > better > > @> world for the future. > > > > I dunno if you're living in the same world I am. > > > > Sorry to be a downer, but the future is that everyone will die and > > entropy > > will eventually succeed in dissociating every fundamental particle in the > > universe from every other fundamental particle. > > Is that the story he's trying to tell? That nothing matters in the > end? If so, then let him do so. That might be interesting in a short > work, but not in an endless series. This was sort of the theme of (the semi-endless series about) Elric, wasn't it? Also note that Norse mythology has the gods losing in the end...