Oh yes, the ranking plus a short explanation...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Joe or anyone else,
>
> If you'd like to give me you're answer, the ranking of these three characters
> in order of most to least moral, I'll send you my group's answer - which was
> judged to be the best.
>
> ...Bill!
>
> --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote:
> >
> > Bill!,
> >
> > Quite an exercise!
> >
> > The story gave me a huge wave of deja vu. I am reminded of the story from
> > China about the milk-maid and the herds-boy. Something went wrong for
> > them, too, and they can only meet once a year, and this is a big Summer
> > festival time in China. The herds-boy and milk-maid are the stars we know
> > as Vega, and Altair, near each other and prominent in our northern Summer
> > sky, but on opposite sides of the River. The river is the Milky Way.
> >
> > I'll find out the date of the festival, and next time it rolls around
> > again, I'll celebrate with the couple, and a billion Chinese. I've been
> > neglecting this!
> >
> > Xie-xie, Bill!(!)
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > There were two young people, and young man and young woman. They lived on
> > > opposite sides of a large river. Once a year the two peoples got together
> > > on one side or the other for a festival. At one of these festivals the
> > > two young people fell in love and promised to marry each other.
> > >
> > > Before they could marry the two peoples became hostile to each other and
> > > not only stopped the annual festival but did not permit any contact with
> > > the other group. The two young people were shocked and desperate, but
> > > through an intermediary, a ferry boat captain, they stayed in constant
> > > communication and planned their marriage. They decided the girl would
> > > sneak out and take the ferry over to the boy's side of the river.
> > >
> > [snip]
> >
>
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