"It sends a very strong message to the local population that if you have dangerous guests, be prepared for very bad consequences,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

After all, the whole point of nonexistence is you don't exist ? How could anything be bad for you when you don't exist?

毕竟不存在的全部意义就是,你不存在,怎么可能有什么东西对你来说有坏处？

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And in particular, then ? how could nonexistence be bad for you when you don't exist?

特别是你都不存在了,不存在对你来说又有什么坏处呢？

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If you support Bush you're going to be looking for good news about Bush, if you don't support him you'll be looking for bad news.

如果你支持布什,你就会寻找关于布什的正面新闻，如果你不支持布什，就会寻找他的负面新闻。

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Isn't there a kind of logical requirement that for something to be bad for you ? you've got to be around to receive that bad thing?

难道没有这样一种逻辑要求吗,如果有什么事物对你来说有坏处,你不是应该去接受那个有害的事物吗？

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Because,indeed,they don't exist They're merely possible And we might say,you've got to exist in order for something to be bad for you But once we say that it seems we're running towards the position that in that case,death can't be bad for me because of course,when I'm dead,I don't exist ? So how can anything be bad for me?

因为他们其实并不存在,他们只是一种可能,我们由此认为你必须首先存在,某事才会让你害怕,但我们一旦这么说,我们似乎会得出这个结论,这种情况下死亡不可能让我害怕,因为我死了就不存在了,所以我怎么会害怕？

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Well, immediately you get an objection ? You say, how could nonexistence be bad for me?

你立刻就会提出异议,你说，不存在怎么可能对我来说有坏处？

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