Ahhh… that was so nice Thirst… especially coming from such a rude and ‘selfish’ man. (as if we ever believed it) 
And your gesture, Tabula, was extremely generous considering US$100 buys a lot of kebabs over there. I’m touched (in a non-sexual sort of way)
Good on ya’ boys.
Hello F(r)iends,
I thought we were friends!? 
Fine! [size=84]mumble, grumble[/size]
But instead of one bum (who will surely try to exchange it for crack) can I give it to a few or several bums?
O_G, if it’s alright with you, I will give your $5 to ILP along with the $5 that Tab gave me so that ILP and some bum(s) can split Tabula Rasa’s reward…
-Thirst
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[size=59]kidding.[/size]
Cheers, Ben. 
C’mon grumbly Thirst - it’ll do you good - Sure - I’ll leave it to your good judgement.
Those bums will love you, they may even follow you around… Won’t that be nice…?
Tab4BumsFollowingThirstAround
Also, I think we should get some sort of photo evidence of Thirst giving cash to lots of bums. Could even start a weblog about it.
BumBlog - One man’s journey into the world of altruism and the homeless.
Hi Thirst, that’s very generous of you. Could you please donate my share to ILP.
Onya Noely.
I also think we should thank SIATD (and the judges) because he spent his valuable… well, he spent his time organising it. Thanks SIATD =D> =D> =D>
And congrats SIATD on making it to 5000 posts. I never thought the day would arrive.
You’re very welcome, I enjoyed this competition. You’re right, my time isn’t that valuable…
edit - the three winning pieces are now ready for you to read on Symposia
Tab’s:
Righteousness and Retribution
Skydaemon’s:
Carnival
NoelyG’s:
The Last Minutes
Enjoy!
Thankyou NoelyG, much appreciated. I look forward to reading your submissions.
I can’t get the links to work on this computer. I wish I had entered something, but I’ve been busy. Is there going to be another one soon?
I hope so, yes…
Cool, I’ll most certainly enter something.
I’ve read the top three, and think NoelyG’s was best. I’m a big fan of scenarios where someone is resolved to do something or has a fixed opinion, and someone else (who disagrees or would lose out as a consequence) tries to “turn” this person. (Two of the best examples of this are Lady de Winter and Felton in The Three Musketeers, and Chancellor Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith.) The story was a good context in which to discuss philosophical things, and I think it ended well. Good job, Noely …but not quite as good as my entry 
Thanks ChimneySweep, kind words
Yep - I liked Noely G’s cheerful tale too. Hey Chimney - can you pm me your story, if it isn’t up anywhere else…?
Truth be told, I deleted it a few days after sending it, so we’ll have to wait for siatd to upload it on Symposia.
Edit: I should add, Tabula, that I thought yours was a good idea too - and powerful - but those issues/themes aren’t really “for me” 
I’ll try to get onto it today. If anyone else has deleted their entry then PM me and I’ll endeavour to reconstruct it on Symposia.
Gecota - are you still having trouble with the links? If you just go to the Symposia frontpage symposia.ilovephilosophy.com/ then you should be able to find the three pieces…
Thanks siatd, but no I’m not, the problem was that I was trying to read them on a school computer, but when I got home they worked just fine.