Re: 1st Season Terminator: TSCC - Heavy Metal - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:43:45 GMT, Beowulf Bolt <abd.al-hazred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>George W Harris wrote:
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>> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:46:41 GMT, Beowulf Bolt <abd.al-hazred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
>> 
>> :> :  Aside from the fact that if Kyle doesn't come back in time, there
>> :> :is no John to *enable* Kyle to come back in time.  It's a
>> :> :full-fledged paradox from the start.
>> :>
>> :> It's only a paradox if Kyle doesn't come back in time.
>> :>
>> :> Since he does, there is no paradox.
>> :
>> :  Disagreement.  In the first iteration of the loop,
>> 
>>         There is only one iteration.  The timeline is
>> unchanging.  Kyle Reese is/was always John's father.
>
>  And thus it is a paradox.  John's existance is dependant upon actions
>*he* makes in the future.  I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to
>see. 

Because that isn't a paradox.  It's a weird thing that happens for no
good reason, but it does not contradict itself.