[Newspoetry] Re: Newspoetry Anti-Poem

[Joe Futrelle]

Absurdist newspoetry?

I'm still mad at Nazi Germany for bombing Pearl Harbor.  And for
fighting on the British side in the US Civil War.

On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 10:25:18AM -0500, Demian Rose wrote:
> 
> I don't know if this qualifies as poetry (maybe anti-poetry), but I heard
> this the other day and I think it deserves repeating.  If it helps, the
> quote was made by an MBA student whom I engaged in a conversation about
> the corporate system and why she thought it was ideal:
> 
> "Nazi Germany proved what socialism leads to"
> 
> ...yes, that's right, she said "Nazi Germany".  
> 	
> Don't ask me, 
> Demian
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> The optimist believes that this is the best country in the world.
> 
> The pessimist fears that the optimist may be right.
> 
> 
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