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Re: Yes, it is.
Posted By: UNSC_Trooper <unsctrooper@hotmail.com>	Date: 10/14/08 10:26 a.m.
: Okay, you've lost me. : The "evidence" we have from Joe, in 2004, is that he wasn't : considering ILB 'canon' because aside from defining the boundaries of the : world they had to work in, Bungie let 42 Entertainment 'do their own : thing'. : Later on, though, Frankie does say "We're going to have this huge : collection of canon, and things that we embrace as canon, like I Love : Bees" - the way I read this is that he's clearly acknowledging that : ILB wasn't written/overseen by Bungie, so it doesn't make the technical : cut, but that there's nothing in it that BREAKS canon as Bungie sees it, : so they're giving it the nod. : It's not as though one said "The sky is blue" and the other said : "The sky is red" - it's more like Joe said "The sky is : blue" and Frank said "sometimes, when the sun's going down, the : sky is red"; he's not NEGATING what Joe said, he's expanding upon it. : I can certainly see the argument for 'ILB != canon' from purists, and I can : see a solid argument for 'ILB ~ canon' from less rigid thinkers (maybe : even 'ILB = canon') - you're welcome to your opinion, but you should : realize that it's not as cut-and-dried as you're trying to make it. That's : all I was saying. You're absolutely correct. But that was the way I saw it -- between Staten and Frankie's statements I chose Staten's to be the "theoretical" winner because he was more explicit. : (I only spoke up because I felt like your wording was "This is the way : it is, period." and I don't think it is.) It's no problem at all -- in fact, I'm happy when someone knowledgeable contradicts me because I learn more about the matter at hand that way. ;) However, that's how I act whenever someone says "Well then, you're just wrong. ILB is canon, rendering your entire theory worthless" without backing up their statement like Cthulhu117 did. Which made me respond just as plainly.

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