no, i'm merely pointing out that the excuse is overused. that line is used not only as an excuse but as the ultimate answer to far too many perfectly reasonable questions.

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yes, my small rant was a bit unreasonable. it's not that i expect an immediate answer to these simple questions (the simple ones are often the hardest to explain). as a matter of fact i don't really expect an answer at all.

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braddog; yes, the mythos is well established. create perfection with the seeds of its own destruction hidden in plain sight. doesn't it seem as though only a cruel deity would create such a no win situation. even with the possibility of eternal salvation as the expected outcome, it seems a rather vicious experiment.

and yes, it's the restaurant. you are probably one of the few here that will even recognize it. it's an old chestnut by present standards, but it brings back silly memories for me.