The concept "Indigo Henna's father" required an individual at the time of its existence

The fact that a thing can be conceived, thought of and spoken of doesn't require that thing actually exists. I can talk about Jacques the father of my son Daniel, but Daniel doesn't exist, and therefore Jacques-the-father-of-Daniel does not exist, even though Jacques may. (He does.) If Indigo Henna doesn't exist, Mandy-the-father-of-Indigo doesn't exist, even if Mandy does.

I'm with -t in the in potentia camp. Somewhere there may be an Indigo Henna that hasn't actuated, and that germ's father may need help.

~ma for your grandfather, Polter-Cow.

Sorry. Indigo what now? Did I get hit on the head?

The British don't use proportional voting -- it's first-past-the-post, in each electoral district.

And that's why the Lib Dems support electoral reform. And why I support them. (Unless they make a pact with the devil the Conseratives no, I was right the first time. I shall now wander away muttering.)

Bedward, ho. Elections involve far, far too little sleep.

I love how the thread moved from puns to philosophy in five posts and never lost the colorants.

So the man who would have been Indigo's father might still be killed by Excessive-Digits Man even if Indigo never exists, and we know of his peril because we know what would have happened if Indigo had existed, and with our knowledge of things in potentia, we could theoretically save Indigo's would-have-been father? We are as gods!

Unless by trying to save Indigo's father we cause his death, as so often happens. In which case, would we need to wreak vengeance...on ourselves?

No, it's still Excessive-Digits Man's fault, because we wouldn't have needed to try and save the guy if EDM hadn't been so bloodthirsty.

So if we are wreaking vengeance on EDM, we might as well be known as Indigo Henna. Nom de vengeance.

OMG WE ARE INDIGO HENNA

We could have a summer house town there.

If it's not too dear.