Journal #6198

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-08 23:50:00 UTC
If you put a butterfly in a cage, it does not belong to you.

If you let the butterfly out of the cage, and it flies away, then you never truly owned it.

If you let the butterfly out of the cage, and it flies back to you, only then, does it truly belong to you.

23 Comments

Commented 14 years ago2009-11-08 23:56:55 UTC Comment #55509
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLWUT?!
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-08 23:59:06 UTC Comment #55491
It could be argued that I deserve the butterfly because I worked to catch it.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:03:40 UTC Comment #55503
Deserving the butterfly, and owning it are separate things.

If the butterfly is kept in your possession by force, then how much is its possession actually worth? And is it truly your possession?
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:05:32 UTC Comment #55507
are you gonna go catch a butterfly or something now?
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:06:07 UTC Comment #55504
God Dammit, Alyssa, and Brett, this is the LAST time I give you the link to my journal.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:06:19 UTC Comment #55510
then he's gonna let it go and hope it comes back
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:06:37 UTC Comment #55508
hey, hey, Im just asking!
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:07:18 UTC Comment #55505
I'm going to delete this soon. >___>
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:08:06 UTC Comment #55511
IM GONNA DELETE UR MOM SOON AND HOPE SHE COMES BACK, THEN I OWN HER
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:11:29 UTC Comment #55512
ATDestroy [Fug]: you can say "I don't like cake" and not get banned
compguy248: im gonna test that

am i b&?
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:16:23 UTC Comment #55496
No, but I'm giving you an evil glare right now.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 00:19:29 UTC Comment #55492
Don't delete it.
"If the butterfly is kept in your possession by force, then how much is its possession actually worth? And is it truly your possession?"

If the butterfly is in my possession, then it was worth the effort I put forth to capture it at the very least. Otherwise I wouldn't have it.
It could be argued that the effort I put forth, alone, justifies my possession of it.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 01:45:05 UTC Comment #55497
I totally owned a butterfly at TF2 the other day.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 02:38:35 UTC Comment #55498
If someone steals a butterfly you put in a cage, can it be called theft?
What if you were given the butterfly and therefore no effort was put forth?
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 03:29:53 UTC Comment #55493
If it was a gift, does it not belong to you?
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 05:32:03 UTC Comment #55499
Or if it was not truly owned by the person giving it as a gift, is it really theirs to give?
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 08:54:15 UTC Comment #55506
How have your friends not gotten bored of being annoying? It took my friend 2 logins.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 09:14:22 UTC Comment #55502
My friend got bored of being annoying before he even got round to joining TWHL so that he could be annoying.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 13:44:24 UTC Comment #55494
As you can see, the phrase doesn't hold true under most conditions.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 17:19:48 UTC Comment #55500
This is kinda deep in a pretty pointless way.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 17:20:52 UTC Comment #55495
It's not pointless. This is how you learn to analyze things.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 17:24:15 UTC Comment #55501
Hmm... yes, i suppose so.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-09 19:34:27 UTC Comment #55513
Well, I wasn't b& but I was moderated. That greatly upsets me, because I DO like cake. Also, this would be my 2nd login.

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