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In response to "i actually had to call out one of my workshop members on this " by wererabbit

but what if he was captured before he committed the crimes? Would he still be guily for things he hasn't done yet? -- nm

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Oct 27 '10, 22:04

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well this is the other problem with that premise. if you have the ability to travel back and capture him after WWII happened, why not go back further - wererabbit Oct 27, 22:06 14
- The Internet never exists if some nerd isn't born. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:09 4
  - don't tempt us to send back a terminator after your mom - wererabbit Oct 27, 22:11 2
    - Like my dad couldn't take a terminator. Dude has beaten cancer for 15 years. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:12
    - don't try this with Will's mom. Skynet couldn't deal with the ramifications of making her mad. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:12
  - TV never exists if some rural guy decides to take up blacksmithy instead of farming. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:10
- "It's Minority Report meets Valkyrie meets Terminator!" nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:08
- good point. Then we get Jake Featherstone (that's for all 3 Turtledove readers here) -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:08
- going back and stopping it from happening is a paradox. You lose your motivation for going back and doing what you did. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:06 6
  - and really just create an alternate time line anyway. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:08 5
    - Assuming that the many worlds theory is correct, all of these scenario are existing as we speak. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:13 4
      - And nobody understands that Monty Hall crap in any of them. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:14 3
        
        Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he couldn't eat it? nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:18 1
        
        And how would that impact sales in the microwave burrito niche market? -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:19
        
        except for the architect who started the whole damn thing. - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:15
"It's Minority Report meets Valkyrie!!" nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:05 4
- Stop trying to get Tom Cruise gigs. - David Oct 27, 22:08 2
  - Tom Cruise is a hot shot Harvard lawyer who goes back to the 1890s to establish his land rights in Oklahoma. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:10 1
    - He's going back for Xenu and the DC-8. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 27, 22:18
- Bery wins cause he lives in a real English Colony. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:06
Minority Report says "Yes, but we later realize that this is stupid." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:04

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