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Manfred quotes Manfred's Manfred Quotes.
(or, Is Manfred Schieder possessed by Cthulhu?)
Okay, folks. Let's just do a little detective work, shall we?
Manfred Schieder talks about his pride that he is quoted all over the internet. Well, let's look at that. Here are the "quotes" posted to Rebirth of Reason, attributed to Schieder (1937 - ), Manfred F. [Emphasis added for the sake of emphasis. Some quotes have been abbreviated by ellipsis to save space. Follow the link to read them in full. -T.K.]
Rebirth of Reason Quotes: Schieder (1937 - ), Manfred F.
"A perfect world: Forbid . . . voluntary euthanasia."
Manfred F. Schieder (1937 - )
(Added by Manfred F. Schieder on 8/29, 2:43am)
"The Bible . . . is the very fundament of morality."
Manfred F. Schieder (1937 - )
Manfred F. Schieder's own mind.
(Added by Manfred F. Schieder on 5/13, 5:52am)
"In the case of murder, . . . attack."
Manfred F. Schieder (1937 - )
From Chapter 6 of "Ayn Rand, I and the Universe" (http://rebirthofreason.com/Articles/Schieder/The_Logically_Resulting_Type_of_Society.shtml)
(Added by Manfred F. Schieder on 3/26, 2:40am)
"The world . . . lacks every sense of existence."
Manfred F. Schieder (1937 - )
From Manfred's own mind, a product and non-dualistic part of matter
(Added by Manfred F. Schieder on 1/31, 7:03am)
"'Intelligent Design' is . . . the REAL thing!"
Manfred F. Schieder (1937 - )
(Added by Manfred F. Schieder on 3/20, 2:45am)
"You don't have to believe . . . atheism is based on REASON."
Manfred F. Schieder (1937 - )
Schieder's own mind.
(Added by Manfred F. Schieder on 1/16, 11:07pm)
Now, does anyone notice anything interesting? Isn't it an odd coincidence that we have two entirely different members here at RoR, both named Manfred F. Schieder? One who produces "quotes," and one who posts those "quotes" to the main page? And isn't it amazing that the one can read the other's "own mind," which is identified as the "source" of at least three of those "quotes"? I had always thought that in order to "quote" someone, that person already had to have spoken. But now it turns out that not only everything we say is a "quote" as we say it, it's a "quote" in our minds before it is even vocalized!
Now, of course, RoR is not the entire internet, where Manfred proudly tells us he is widely "quoted," not that we should be jealous. So, let's do a Google search. The first hit shows that the same "quote" Manfred posted about euthanasia here at RoR also shows up at wikiquotes with a footnote refering back to Rebirth of Reason. How wonderful that must be for Manfred(s)! So, out of curiosity, let's look at the history of that wikiquote page to see who did Manfred the honor of "quoting" Manfred's "quote" of Manfred at RoR.
Revision history of "Euthanasia"
(cur) (prev) 16:40, 25 September 2009 TRATTOOO (Talk | contribs) (2,707 bytes) (undo)
(cur) (prev) 13:13, 30 August 2009 Ningauble (Talk | contribs) (2,249 bytes) (add quote) (undo)
(cur) (prev) 10:38, 17 July 2009 71.167.233.78 (Talk) (1,785 bytes) (undo)
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(cur) (prev) 13:15, 29 August 2008 UDScott (Talk | contribs) (693 bytes) (+intro, {{stub}}, +cat) (undo)
(cur) (prev) 09:49, 29 August 2008 Manfred (Talk | contribs) (474 bytes) (New page: A perfect world: Forbid voluntary euthanasia to people in the final stage of incurable illness because life is sacred and untouchable, but touch and desecrate the life of thousands and mil...)
 Well, miracle of miracles, there aren't just two Manfreds, there are four! It turns out that the person who created the "euthanasia" quote page at wikipedia and the person who posted the "quote" of Manfred's "quote" of Manfred are both named Manfred! Wow! What are the chances of that? Doing some scientific* calculations, since one out of 153,015 babies born in the 20th Century was named Manfred, the chance of having four people in a row named Manfred is approximately 1/548,196,207,224,215,550,625. That's five hundred forty-eight quintillion, one hundred ninety-six quadrillion, 207 hundred seven trillion, two hundred twenty-four billion, two hundred fifteen million, five hundred fifty thousand six hundred twenty-five to one! And that doesn't even take into account the chance that these people would also share the same last name. The number to express that likelihood would end in more zeros than there are hydrogen atoms in the known universe.
And don't get me started on the what the chances are that the wikiquote page created by a random Manfred for a random Manfred to "quote" Manfred's Manfred "quote" was created exactly six minutes after Manfred's Manfred "quote" on euthanasia appeared on RoR, on the very same day, August 29, 2008**. To express the odds of that would create a rift in the spacetime continuum large enough for Cthulhu and his minions to rise from the depths of the city of R'lyeh at the bottom of the Sargasso sea.
Yes, assuming the four incarnations of Manfred F. Schieder are not already possessed by the spirits of the Elder Gods, (t)he(y) should be very proud indeed.
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*Courtesy the Al Gore Institute, Department of Cthulhu Studies, 13 Styx Lane, Arkham, MA, 60606
**From The Neonecronomicon, p DCLXVI, "August 29th, the Ides of the Bloodmoon in the old calendar, is the date on which his acolytes celebrate the hatching of Cthulhu. The actual date of that event cannot be determined with certainty, since the unlucky witnesses to survive it were stricken both mad and dumb. Scholars do take note, however, that both Al Gore and Al Franken were born on the same date."
(Edited by Ted Keer on 9/27, 8:43pm)
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