Geekly contemplation of perfectly trivial topics

[zoethe]

So, the triumph of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was that Indiana Jones kept the Ark of the Covenant from falling into the hands of Adolph Hitler. But if Hitler had gotten the Ark and opened it, wouldn't its abhorrence of evil have caused his skin to melt and his head to explode? Wouldn't we have been better off if it had taken out the top echelon of the Third Reich in one fell swoop?

Why didn't they package it up with a big red bow and send it right over to him?

Comments

[queeniex.livejournal.com]

hahaha good question

Becuz...

[correspondguy.livejournal.com]

I can give two reasons, though I like your thinking a lot, and I suspect I'm overthinking this...

Doesn't the Ark take out everyone? I mean, there had to be some non-murdering scumbuckets in the crowd filming the opening - some poor dude out on his first tour with the Afrika Korps - who got blown up by the Ark, though no real fault of his own. And yes, the heirarchy of the 3rd Reich was made up of some of the worst examples of humanity (don't get me started - let's just say that not only were they evil, they were unpleasant - murderers who fart in elevators), but what if the Ark gets so irked that it decides to blow up not just Hitler's office, but the Chancellery, thereby taking out the janitor, the secretary, the guard, the three tourists who just dropped in? What if it decides to take out Berlin? It did destroy Tanis in a year-long sandstorm.

Second, do you really want to give something that can do that kind of damage to someone you know will do something god-awful (if you'll forgive the pun) with it? What if ol'Adolf manages, somehow, to make the thing work for him? This is the Old Testament God, after all, wrathful & cranky and all that.

Love the thought, though. "War's over, guys, Hitler had a really bad birthday."

As an aside, Congratulations on making Dean's List. I didn't: 3.42, and Civil Procedure's kicking my butt, so I doubt it'll be better than 3.3 this semester. *Sigh*

Re: Becuz...

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

We dropped nuclear warheads on entire cities. We carpetbombed Dresden. A janitor and a couple tourists are suddenly gonna make us squeamish?

I'm thinking not so much. [g]

Best plan is for Indy to escort it himself, pretending to be Belloq, then turn the Wrath o' God(tm) on Dolphie.

Between the broken arm and the staggering workload, I'm having my doubts about remaining on the Dean's List this semester. But thanks!