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Artifactual intelligence · Jul 14, 09:15 AM by Hout

Or: Raiders of the lost mind.

Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. You can imagine that the four nails that were used to keep the meat on the stick are religious artifacts. But, according to myth, the (gypsy) craftsmen crafted five nails for Jesus’s crucifixion, not four. The fifth nail was meant to pierce his heart.
The gypsies hid the fifth nail from the Roman soldiers. Some stories
say the gypsies were punished by God for prolonging Christ’s suffering [skazam!], and in others they were rewarded for attempting to protect him [angelic hallelujahing].

So if you want to do bad things, think of this myth. You can always get away with it morally, if you use (or rather do not use) a ‘fifth nail’ in your evil scheme.

Take Joe, a convicted sex offender. He served his time and blogged about his rehab proces. He tried hard not to let the evil demons capture him again.
He lost. May 13, 2005. His last post.
Joe was captured on July 2.

So, intelligent audience of Hout / Log, what is your reaction: Do we use the fifth nail to put him out of his misery, or will we be rewareded for attempting to protect him?

Update (2005/07/20 by Hout): Still no comments on this post. Hope I didn’t overrate their intelligence, or underrate their cowardness to decide?

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