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Ooooh, tell me, Unca' John! (Just in time for Hallowe'en!)<br>
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And can we get Barack off the hook by blaming it on the Lord of the
Flies?<br>
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On 10/29/10 4:10 PM, John W. wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM, C. G. Estabrook<br>
> <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><mailto:galliher@illinois.edu></a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> The aptly-named Mort?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Nope. You're so far out on the fringe, Carl, I'm not sure you
know<br>
> who the REAL Beelzebub is any more. Seriously.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 10/29/10 3:48 PM, John W. wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:38 PM, C. G. Estabrook<br>
>> <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><mailto:galliher@illinois.edu></a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> If they are in fact convinced that War is a Bad Thing,
how can they<br>
>> defend The One Who is responsible for it? (My text today
is Judges<br>
>> 4.6ff...)<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> While some there are who are non-believers, I have seen
no one on<br>
>> this list actively defending Beelzebub.<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> On 10/29/10 3:14 PM, John W. wrote:<br>
>>> Thank you, Carl. I believe I speak for everyone on
this list<br>
>>> when I say that you've succeeded in convincing us, at
long last,<br>
>>> that War Is a Bad Thing. We owe you a profound debt
of<br>
>>> gratitude. Or is it a debt of profound gratitude?<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Reverently.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> John<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:15 PM, C. G. Estabrook<br>
>>> <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><mailto:galliher@illinois.edu></a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> "...Obama is forever 'murdering' people around the
world rather<br>
>>> than that his (administration's) policies indeed lead
to the<br>
>>> slaughter of innocents..." --M. Brussel<br>
>>> <br>
>>> "Killing one person is murder; killing thousands is
foreign<br>
>>> policy" --bumper sticker purchased from AWARE table
at Farmers'<br>
>>> Market<br>
>>> <br>
>>> I met Murder on the way - He had a mask like
Castlereagh* - Very<br>
>>> smooth he looked, yet grim; Seven blood-hounds
followed him:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> All were fat; and well they might Be in admirable
plight, For one<br>
>>> by one, and two by two, He tossed the human hearts to
chew Which<br>
>>> from his wide cloak he drew.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Eldon, an
ermined gown; His<br>
>>> big tears, for he wept well, Turned to mill-stones as
they fell.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> And the little children, who Round his feet played to
and fro, <br>
>>> Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knocked
out by<br>
>>> them...<br>
>>> <br>
>>> 'And that slaughter to the Nation Shall steam up like<br>
>>> inspiration, Eloquent, oracular; A volcano heard
afar.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> 'And these words shall then become Like Oppression's
thundered<br>
>>> doom Ringing through each heart and brain, Heard
again - again -<br>
>>> again -<br>
>>> <br>
>>> 'Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable
number - Shake<br>
>>> your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had
fallen on you - <br>
>>> Ye are many - they are few.'<br>
>>> <br>
>>> --from "The Masque of Anarchy," by Percy Bysshe
Shelley, written<br>
>>> on the occasion of the "Peterloo Massacre" carried
out by the<br>
>>> British Government at St Peter's Field, Manchester,
on 16 August<br>
>>> 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of
60,000–80,000 gathered<br>
>>> at a meeting to demand the reform of parliamentary<br>
>>> representation. (Cf. the attack on the unarmed Bonus<br>
>>> Expeditionary Force - 43,000 marchers, including
17,000 World War<br>
>>> I veterans and their families - in Washington DC on
28 July 1932<br>
>>> by US army infantry and cavalry supported by six
tanks, and<br>
>>> commanded by Army Chief of Staff General Douglas
MacArthur;<br>
>>> Major, later President, Dwight D. Eisenhower was his
liaison with<br>
>>> Washington police, and Major George Patton led the
cavalry.) <br>
>>> ___________<br>
>>> <br>
>>> *British Foreign Minister who eventually killed
himself by<br>
>>> cutting his throat with a letter-opener.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>> <br>
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