Major contradiction.

[Commander Jack Rankin]

Because the second guy also coined the term "poisoned pen" when he snuck up behind a swordsman and jabbed a pen full of arsenic into his neck.

 

[Resurrectionist]

The other day, I was thinking, if actions speak louder than words, then why is the pen mightier than the sword?

Deep-sounding, but trite proverbs.

Sounds like a school assignment and your asking the board to do the work for you.

Don't waste too much more time thinking about it.



Metaphorical truth interferes with our ability to identify what is literally false.

 

[Jenova65]

The pen is not mightier than the sword, I know this as my son and I actually tried a pen out against things found around the house a few years ago, so you know the pen is not mightier than...
A cucumber
a lump of cheese
a fork
a spoon
a tea towel
a saucepan
And a few other kitchen implements! True! ;-) (we actually did do this....)

 

[FROGGEman2]

Well, the pen obviously wins if we're writing about it right now, don't it?

I've never liked the whole "pen is mightier than the sword" quote. To many instances where acts of violence or action have had greater effects on the world that pens.

Name one.

Seriously, do it.

 

[ottenni]

Because

a) You cant make a shiv out of a sword.
b) You cant multi task and write a beautiful poem to a princess with a sword, but you can with a pen. Not only killing you opponent but humiliating him as well by sleeping with his sister.
c) You can do tax with a sword, and we all know how important tax is.
d) Lawyers fight with pens. So in the event that you are taken to court by the family of the deceased, that you wield a pen in battle may appeal to the lawyers to defend you in said case. A sword is no good because knights can't say OBJECTION!

 

[Ben Legend]

How about a Pen that turns into a sword, i'll kill you all with that.

Cookie if you know where the Pen Sword is from!

 

[LongAndShort]

Well, the pen obviously wins if we're writing about it right now, don't it?

I've never liked the whole "pen is mightier than the sword" quote. To many instances where acts of violence or action have had greater effects on the world that pens.

Name one.
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The murder of Julius Caesar. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Sure there are plenty of instances where the pen is mightiest. There can be no doubt that the Bible or the works of Marx have had world-wide repercussions, but to say the pen is absolutely always mightier is a fallacy.
Seriously, do it.

 

[Pyro Paul]

the pen isn't mightier than the sword. It prevents the sword.

1 pen can sign away the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, maybe even millions.
not even the bloodiest sword has garned such a kill count.

But the pen still needs to "the sword" to pull it off.

no. no it doesn't.

for instance. one signature and the US stops providing Relief and aid to needy countries such as Haiti. because a Majority of Aid recieved by these countries are From the US, the loss of that support condemns hundreds of thousands to die due to starvation, lack of medical help, and the lack of resources to remove hazardious obsticals. all that from a single signature.

the sword has no involvement.

 

[reg42]

Because they are too different sayings.

 

[Marlun_42]

The other day, I was thinking, if actions speak louder than words, then why is the pen mightier than the sword?

Just because you're shouting, doesn't mean you are mighty.

 

[Mr Wednesday]

Because Tired Cliches are Tired?

That's not a "major" contradiciton anyway, it's just two old so-called truthisms that contradict one another, its not Marx's conception of the contradiction of capitalist labour now, is it?

 

[zehydra]

the pen isn't mightier than the sword. It prevents the sword.

1 pen can sign away the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, maybe even millions.
not even the bloodiest sword has garned such a kill count.

But the pen still needs to "the sword" to pull it off.

no. no it doesn't.

for instance. one signature and the US stops providing Relief and aid to needy countries such as Haiti. because a Majority of Aid recieved by these countries are From the US, the loss of that support condemns hundreds of thousands to die due to starvation, lack of medical help, and the lack of resources to remove hazardious obsticals. all that from a single signature.

the sword has no involvement.

The pen is not signing away death by signing to stop giving aid and relief. Death is not a definite consequence of the end of aid from the US.

 

[FROGGEman2]

Well, the pen obviously wins if we're writing about it right now, don't it?

I've never liked the whole "pen is mightier than the sword" quote. To many instances where acts of violence or action have had greater effects on the world that pens.

Name one.
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The murder of Julius Caesar. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Sure there are plenty of instances where the pen is mightiest. There can be no doubt that the Bible or the works of Marx have had world-wide repercussions, but to say the pen is absolutely always mightier is a fallacy.
Seriously, do it.

Without the word, the writing, the bomb would have never been dropped. Without the word, the writing, Caesar would not only not have died, but would have been of no significance... etc.

Also, your quote is strange.

 

[Sewblon]

If the speed of the passage of time is relative to the object in question, how can two or more time-telling devices synchronize with one another?

To be serious (for once):

The pen symbolizes peaceful solutions, while the sword symbolizes war-ish solutions.

And if you don't take action in something, and just sit around and talk about doing it, it wont happen, now will it?

This basically, cliches conflict with each other at first glance all the time. Like "he who lives by the sword dies by the sword" but "if one wants peace one must prepare for war." Effectively preparing for war means keeping a standing army i.e an organized group of those who "live by the sword."

 

[soapyshooter]

...the hell does this have to do with gaming?

 

[GooBeyond]

 

[SextusMaximus]

Modern day: the sword is mightier than the pen, but I have a gun... b*tch.

The sword is linked with warfare, not all actions. So I guess the only way to see light, is that that Pen is mightier than the sword and that actions kick both their arses.

 

[spyro2103]

...the hell does this have to do with gaming?

I posted under the wrong subjet by accident.

 

[soapyshooter]

...the hell does this have to do with gaming?

I posted under the wrong subjet by accident.

oh ok, i was thiking "wtf, am i missing something here?" haha

 

[Lullabye]

The pen is not mightier than the sword, I know this as my son and I actually tried a pen out against things found around the house a few years ago, so you know the pen is not mightier than...
A cucumber
a lump of cheese
a fork
a spoon
a tea towel
a saucepan
And a few other kitchen implements! True! ;-) (we actually did do this....)

....You hit your son with a sauce pan? I mean, a lump of cheese I understand but a sauce pan?
`OT: It's not, hell, you can even write with a sword.....with the blood of your enemies as the ink!