Progress Report: The Ship

[jeriendhal]

I'm amused by Paul's shock and horror over S.C's status, while he blandly ignores the fact that the starship's A.I. is basically in the same position. Get that beam out of your eye, Lt. Lao!

Quote o' the Day:

He considered that one for a moment. “You’re her slave?”

“Not slave… only humans… can be… enslaved…” she wheezed. “Possession.”

“You’re a thinking being, even if you were born in a genesis tank. You can’t just be owned.”

She gave him another smile, one that reminded him of similar such looks that his mothers had given him when he was young and ignorant. “You’re sweet… Lieutenant.”


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Comments

[tamhavik.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you had the same saying in English "get that beam out of your eye" ^^ In Dutch it's literally the same.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Well, it's mildly archaic over here I think. I borrowed it from a picture I once saw of a suffragette's* protest sign, directed at President Wilson.

* A person involved in the struggle to get women the right to vote in the United States back in the late 19th/early 20th century.

[tamhavik.livejournal.com]

Ah, that would explain it ^^

In Dutch we have a saying that's a bit longer and goes like this:

"Seeing the splinter in somone else's eye, but miss the beam in your own."

It's used when someone makes a big point over someone else's small mistakes, but doesn't talk about their own big ones ^^ I looked it up, it's biblical in origin. A lot of Dutch (and English too probably) sayings are.