The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Quandaries

You, Jean Valjean, are in a room with a dozen others.

A.

A tall fellow you don't know grabs a fat man you don't know and says, "Aha! Jean Valjean, I've got you at last!"

You say nothing, the tall fellow shoots the fat man through the head and then leaves.

Are you wicked?

Or maybe B.

A tall fellow you don't know grabs a fat man you don't know and says, "Aha! Jean Valjean, I've got you at last!"

The fat man points to you and cries out, "I'm not Jean Valjean, he is!"

The tall fellow shoots you through the head and then leaves.

Is the fat man wicked?

Reading Les Miserables, the affair of Champmathieu.

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