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The analogy of Cassandra is inferior because:

1. Cassandra is usually at the center of attention, an object of desire to Agamemnon and his troops, an object of hatred and jealousy to Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. Tiresias isn't nearly as ostentatious, and mostly exists passively in the background, waiting until someone else asks his opinion on something. Tiresias gives off a kind of awkward vibe, much like Stallman, compared to Cassandra, who's totally a social butterfly.

2. Cassandra is cool and sexy, Tiresias is a blind old dude. Richard Stallman eats stuff off his foot and often looks like he hasn't showered since the last emacs release.

3. Cassandra's prophecies are very straightforward, Agamemnon and his buddies understand what she says and even listen to her to some degree, they just don't care enough to do anything. Tiresias is much more cryptic and is always derided until the denouement when it is revealed that he was right all along, just in a way that nobody else could have foreseen. Likewise, Stallman's insights into the future of our technological dystopia seem absurd and maniacal until they inevitably come true a few years later.

I like your comment though =)



I rather enjoyed this exchange between you folks; thanks.




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