[Peace-discuss] Truth in poetry

[John W.]

I didn't know that Alice in Wonderland was characterized as poetry.  But I
have it on very good authority that "the poets always get there first".


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>wrote:

So wonderfully apt, if nauseating in the present context!
> Why not send this stanza, and the second paragraph of the NYT article, back
> to the NYT as a letter?  --mkb
>
> On Jun 6, 2009, at 10:21 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
> ['Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the
> twentieth time that day.
>
> 'No, no!' said the Queen. 'Sentence first - verdict afterwards.'
>
> 'Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. 'The idea of having the sentence
> first!'
>
> 'Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple.
>
> 'I won't!' said Alice.
>
> 'Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody
> moved.
>
> 'Who cares for you?' said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this
> time.) 'You're nothing but a pack of cards!']
>
>
>
> U.S. May Permit 9/11 Guilty Pleas in Capital Cases
>
> By WILLIAM GLABERSON
>
> The New York Times - June 6, 2009
>
>
> The Obama administration is considering a change in the law for the
> military commissions at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that would clear
> the way for detainees facing the death penalty to plead guilty without a
> full trial.
>
>
> The provision could permit military prosecutors to avoid airing the details
> of brutal interrogation techniques. It could also allow the five detainees
> who have been charged with the Sept. 11 attacks to achieve their stated goal
> of pleading guilty to gain what they have called martyrdom.
>
>
> The proposal, in a draft of legislation that would be submitted to
> Congress, has not been publicly disclosed. It was circulated to officials
> under restrictions requiring secrecy. People who have read or been briefed
> on it said it had been presented to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates by an
> administration task force on detention.
>
>
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