Personally, I'm going to have to think about this for, oh, maybe a millenium before I decide. On the one hand, we have all the wonderful (if idealistic) arguments for pens- writing, after all, is an expression of the soul, which a sword sort of isnt. Although a well-made sword...I mean, you know, a sword can be a work of art, whereas a pen can create a work of art...though in a fight, a sword would probably be a teensy bit more effective...
Never mind about the millenia. I've made my decision.
The pen is mightier than the sword - for one quote made my mind up about that - i read it the other day in one of the classic books, but i cant remember which
"The right man with the right word in the right place can do more diplomacy than an army"
Words involve pens
Besides, you can have all those different types, biro's and ink pens and gell pens and fluffy pens... what more needs to be said?
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I think the pen is "mightyer" because you can taint a bounch of peoples minds with it, and with a sword, you have to hurt people one at a time.. It it was between the pen and the h-bomb, however....
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technically, the sword is mightier, because it can cut a pen up into little peices. but, how many pens are cut up with swords and how many people actually want to spend the time to cut one up? It is a waste of time. See, it depends on how you look at it.
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Sword. You can't write very well when you're dead, now can you?
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