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	Re: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station
	Posted By: Thing What Kicks...	Date: 4/16/05 9:54 a.m.
	In Response To: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station (GregED) : Hey all. : You'd think that years and years after the release of MI, there's be nothing : left to talk about, hmm? Well, maybe that's true (and it's entirely : possible that with the advent of this forum, and no longer so much : updating the 'Facts and Puzzling Things About', it might have been : discovered before me...but in case it hasn't, here's my contribution, for : old times sake. : I was glomming through the old MI archives on the Story board, and noticed : something: the sole terminal on Carrol Street Station opens up with the : header 'haga.kure'. Finding this sounded familiar, I Googled that term. : The direct translation of 'Hagakure' is 'hidden leaves' - not so useful in : and of itself - but it is also the name of a book about the 'way of the : samurai'. That would seem to have to have a lot in common with our : ubiquitous security officer, wouldn't it? : - Father told us to 'always fight with honor', and honor is one of the major : precepts of not only the way of the samurai, but all of Japanese culture : at the time : - Samurai were devoted to a single ideal, a single path of thought, to the : exclusion of all else: their chosen profession of warrior was all. And so : it seemed to be as well with our 'hybrid, elusive destroyer'... : - A central point that the books keeps coming back to is 'The end is : important in all things.' Considering this is linked to a screen where a : failed timeline has seemed to come to pass, endings would seem to be very : important here (a further theme espoused by the book is that 'if things : end badly, all good that may have come before it will be erased'. : So, just a little tidbit to gnaw on. ;) Check the Story page for Apr 25, 1997. The submission by Rich Williams covers this.

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	A Discovery on Carrol Street Station	GregED	4/16/05 9:36 a.m.
	Re: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station	Thing What Kicks...	4/16/05 9:54 a.m.
	Re: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station	GregED	4/16/05 10:02 a.m.
	Either way, it's still interesting! *NM*	Bob-B-Q	4/16/05 2:00 p.m.
	Re: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station	Little Kago	4/19/05 5:23 p.m.
	Re: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station	davros7	4/20/05 11:01 a.m.
	Re: A Discovery on Carrol Street Station	Ryu'Toth	4/17/05 4:55 a.m.

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