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Post #94,368 by mmoffitt 4/4/03 12:22:56 PM Reply	Thanks. My 10 year old is reading Gulliver's Travels right now ;-) bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #94,439 by Ashton 4/4/03 7:09:07 PM Reply	Well.. as it was written for adults with a ton of tongue.. only partly in-cheek: you may have to explain a bit of the polit. history of Jolly Olde .. before s/he gets it. OTOH - how Could one explain all that to a 10 yo? Maybe just enjoy the imagery, for the first time around. Plenty of time to grok to fullness a few years down the pike. :-\ufffd
Post #94,441 by mmoffitt 4/4/03 7:11:08 PM Reply	The first time I read it, I was 10. She's going slow at it. But asking a ton of questions with each page ;-) bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"

good ol kanader - (boxley) - (8) - April 3, 2003, 09:57:41 AM EST

Yep, the fine sports tradition of - (jake123) - (2) - April 3, 2003, 10:03:27 AM EST

the crowds assaulting the bus is trash talking? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - April 3, 2003, 10:17:23 AM EST

What crowd assaulting the bus? - (jake123) - April 3, 2003, 10:23:44 AM EST

Oops! Better to read the article first. Mea Culpa. Although. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - April 3, 2003, 10:31:06 AM EST

Nice sig. there.. - (Ashton) - (3) - April 3, 2003, 09:34:49 PM EST

Thanks. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - April 4, 2003, 12:22:56 PM EST

Well.. as it was written for adults - (Ashton) - (1) - April 4, 2003, 07:09:07 PM EST

The first time I read it, I was 10. - (mmoffitt) - April 4, 2003, 07:11:08 PM EST

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