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[Russ Nelson]

John Cowan writes:
 > Russ Nelson scripsit:
 > > John Cowan writes:
 > >  > Russ Nelson scripsit:
 > >  > 
 > >  > > Somewhere, there is a playwright writing a play about a king, who is
 > >  > > saying "The first thing we do, let's kill all the programmers."
 > >  > 
 > >  > A king, eh?  That's either a complete brain fart (look it up) or
 > >  > extraordinarily subtle.  Knowing you, I'd believe either theory.
 > > 
 > > Henry VI wasn't a king??
 > 
 > He was.  But the person who speaks that line is Dick the Butcher, one of
 > the advisors of Jack Cade, who thinks he is going to make himself king,
 > at least nominbut ally in the common people's interest -- all the while
 > he is nothing but a pawn of the Duke of York.

Oh, well, in my case, it was the playwright who was saying the line,
not the character.  Look at the punctuation.

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