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Mekstizzle wrote:

Because <insert cliché sentence about love being more special than magic>

That would still be merely an observation, not an explanation

Buckles wrote:

Because it's against the Genie Code to alter or influence someone's free will.

That and it's make for a pretty shit movie if she just fell in love with him for the beginning.

Lol,.. I agree with the latter, evidently. But the Genie Code, you still haven't explained why it is in the code or why it is considered wrong to influence someone's free will.

Lai wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

So let's get this straight. You posted this "deep" question on an internet gaming forum because you managed to have a group of drunken Slovenians ponder a question drawn from a movie even 10 year old children understand?

Also, Buckles has it right; I'm fairly sure the genie even explains it right before setting out the only rule.

EDIT- Don't come back and ask another faggoty question about the nature of free will or domination.

That is exactly the whole point, 10 year old children never get past Buckles' observation. They simply accept the given rule, without questioning the underlying rethoric. So far none of you have been able to provide a satisfactory answer either.

The person who gives me the correct answer, I will karma thrice!

No, no, you've missed the call. I've already asked you (in my edit) not to attempt an explanation of the nature of free will or our disposition towards domination, and thus the elimination of free will.

By questions the source of your inspiration I hoped to incite your better judgement and not attempt a discussion built on such a lousy foundation. Bf2s is no better than a drunken Slovenian; I suggest you go read some serious philosophy.

Pochsy wrote:

No, no, you've missed the call. I've already asked you (in my edit) not to attempt an explanation of the nature of free will or our disposition towards domination, and thus the elimination of free will.

By questions the source of your inspiration I hoped to incite your better judgement and not attempt a discussion built on such a lousy foundation. Bf2s is no better than a drunken Slovenian; I suggest you go read some serious philosophy.

I've read your request and frankly I don't give a shit. I for one did not make this thread to suit your everyday Western assumptions. For the given scenario you take for granted "our disposition towards domination, and thus the elimination of free will". I think for anyone to take anything for granted, they should also be able to justify taking it for granted. Turning it around by saying it is justified because it is commonly taken for granted is no proper argumentation. I daresay a drunken Slovenian can do better.

Tbh I really hate the guts out of Aladdin and frankly any other animated Disney production. The only way I want to see Bambi is on a plate. I provided the example of Aladdin and the wish to illustrate why eliminating someone's free will, at least in this scenario, can not work.

Mekstizzle wrote:

Lai wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

Because <insert cliché sentence about love being more special than magic>

That would still be merely an observation, not an explanation

No, it is an explanation. You're asking why did they make it so the Genie can't just make the Princess fall in love with the dude. I'm merly pointing to all the bullshit that the entertainment world (that ranges from poets, to movies) says about love. And that there's no need to repeat it all as it's always in your face anyway, and everyone knows the basic structure of it.

It's sort of a no brainer. There is no deep philosophical meaning to it. It's just how shit is.

I agree with you fully, Disney is practically synonymous for cliche. I also firmly believe that the "genius" who wrote the script for Aladdin, wrote it on the same taken for-granted-basis as proposed by Buckles and Pochsy. Yet I'm not asking you to provide me a Disney explanation, I'm asking you if you could think of a deeper philosophical meaning if you had to ascribe one.

Last edited by Lai (2009-08-29 08:42:31)

Buckles wrote:

Because it's against the Genie Code to alter or influence someone's free will.

That and it's make for a pretty shit movie if she just fell in love with him for the beginning.

wtf is going on

It was because nobody would suspect the Prince of spreading anthrax throughout the town.