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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 12:25:17 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   Someone needs to do a movie called "Myrtle Kombat" about a nerdy school student who wants to enter the world of kickboxing.

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     Free Peoples Free Press (freepeoplesfreepress@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 13:36:27 JST Free Peoples Free Press

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     "Someone needs to do a movie called "Myrtle Kombat" about a nerdy school student who wants to enter the world of kickboxing."

     Dear Dr. Freemo: I have watched all of the Mortal Kombat movies, I do not comprehend and understand what the meaning of "Myrtle Kombat" is. Myrtle = Peace, Kombat = To struggle against via intentional violence; it seems to be two diametrically opposing elements that cannot be successfully mixed and held together. Myrtle = Passive State and Kombat = Aggressive State

     "Myrtle symbolism

     Myrtle: The Provenance and Meaning of a Plant

     As the myrtle spreads fragrance in the world, so did she spread good works.” Myrtle represents the community, thought of as a symbol of peace and of Eden and of marriage. In Christianity, losing its Greco-Roman association with female sexuality, myrtle came to be an emblematic symbol of the purity of the Virgin Mary."

     Sincerely, Monica Andrews, Editor-in-chief, #FreePeoplesFreePress News

     https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2018/06/28/myrtle-the-provenance-and-meaning-of-a-plant/#:~:text=As%20the%20myrtle%20spreads%20fragrance,purity%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Mary.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 13:37:43 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     Myrtle is a common name for a woman, and often used stereotypically to refer to nerdy women in stories.

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     Free Peoples Free Press (freepeoplesfreepress@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 13:52:00 JST Free Peoples Free Press

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     Dear Dr. Freemo: That is so interesting, I was thinking along the line that someone would be psychologically conflicted in deciding to engage in Kombat due to a specific belief associated with nonviolence.

     Sincerely, Monica Andrews, Editor-in-chief, #FreePeoplesFreePress News

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     Chris Sears (omegalimit@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 13:56:20 JST Chris Sears

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     @freemo Years ago, one of my students created the best title for an algebra-themed horror film: "Polynomial Activity."

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     @OmegaLimit I hope you instantly gave him an honorary PhD and made him a professor!