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Re: Why can't human statue stand?

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From: Glen M. Sizemore
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:30
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"r norman" <NotMyRealEmail@_comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 29 Apr 06 10:52:58 GMT, jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:
>
>>In article <44535138$0$22380$ed362ca5@nr1.newsreader.com>,
>>   "Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemore2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>"r norman" <NotMyRealEmail@_comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>> On 28 Apr 2006 08:59:09 -0700, "neo" <AbheJet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Suppose there is human statue of cement in standing position. We human
>>>>>being can remain in standing position. But why can't this statue remain
>>>>>standing even if it is exact like our body?
>>>>
>>>> Of course a human statue can stand.  There are many examples around
>>>> the world!
>>>>
>>>> You probably mean "why can't a human statue not firmly attached
>>>> stand?"  It can, statically.  However any small horizontal force, like
>>>> the wind, will tend to topple it.  We react by contracting muscles to
>>>> shift our balance for small forces and by moving the position of our
>>>> feet for larger forces.  When the forces get strong enough, we fall
>>>> over.  Statues have a very difficult time responding to outside
>>>> disturbances so either their feet are firmly fixed to the ground or
>>>> they fall over much more easily than we do.
>>>
>>>When it was discovered that movement of (disembodied) parts of animals 
>>>could
>>>be induced by electricity it became clear that the soul infused the 
>>>entire
>>>animal, not just the brain. Perhaps a soul could be infused throughout a
>>>concrete statue and it would be able to stand. Perhaps that is what 
>>>allowed
>>>Pinocchio to move about even though he was not a "real boy."
>>I sure hope you are an 8-year-old child.
>>
>>So you think that, if it moves, it has a soul.  Do clouds
>>have one?
>>
>
> In the spirit of Glen's post, of course not.  Clouds do not have "one"
> soul, each cloud has its own!

I have a theory that it is each cloud's soul that allows them to appear as 
whatever they want to. The only part that my theory cannot account for is 
the predominance of animal shapes. Why do they never choose to look like a 
condo, skyscraper or crop circle?


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