One cannot become inured to such ones

Post #220,253 by Ashton 8/20/05 7:13:53 PM Reply	One cannot become inured to such ones Or can one? The fact that such an interview is no longer surprising, let alone Shocking! says.. ~~ a 20 century-old myth, edited, polished all along the way - Can indeed recreate the Dark Ages; rather quickly? bulldoze the cel-fones and automatic popcorn-poppers, despite Shakespeare or Occam or even Tom Lehrer. My current fervent hope: that not too-many mothers are seen to be drowning their whelps - earnestly protecting them from an extrapolated worse, just over the horizon. Optimistically, moi. A couple Piet Hein Grooks (drawings with aphorisms) come to mind: (while just-now hearing of the plans of the New Pope for a 'return to ___') These from mid-'60s \ufffd; One volume dedicated to Charles Chaplin THE UNTENABLE ARGUMENT My adversary's argument is not alone malevolent __ but ignorant to boot. He hasn't even got the sense to state his so-called evidence ___ in terms I can refute THAT'S WHY Why do bad writers ___ win the fight? Why do good writers ___ die in need? Because the writers __ who can't write are read by readers __ who can't read. -and- CIRCUMSCRIPTURE As Pastor X steps out of bed __ he slips a neat disguise on; that halo round his priestly head is really his horizon.
Post #220,255 by Another Scott 8/20/05 8:03:25 PM Reply	Excellent. A few more. [link\|http://chat.carleton.ca/~tcstewar/grooks/grooks.html\|Here]: MAJORITY RULE His party was the Brotherhood of Brothers, and there were more of them than of the others. That is, they constituted that minority which formed the greater part of the majority. Within the party, he was of the faction that was supported by the greater fraction. And in each group, within each group, he sought the group that could command the most support. The final group had finally elected a triumvirate whom they all respected. Now, of these three, two had final word, because the two could overrule the third. One of these two was relatively weak, so one alone stood at the final peak. He was: THE GREATER NUMBER of the pair which formed the most part of the three that were elected by the most of those whose boast it was to represent the most of the most of most of most of the entire state -- or of the most of it at any rate. He never gave himself a moment's slumber but sought the welfare of the greater number. And all people, everywhere they went, knew to their cost exactly what it meant to be dictated to by the majority. But that meant nothing, -- they were the minority. THE CASE FOR OBSCURITY On Thoughts and Words I. If no thought your mind does visit, make your speech not too explicit. :-) Thanks for the pointer. He's lots of fun- and wise. Cheers, Scott.
Post #220,265 by Ashton 8/20/05 9:10:37 PM 8/20/05 10:11:50 PM Reply	He's a Danish National Treasure; d. 1996 at age 91. He wrote many small (paperback size, thin) books of Grooks I have 7; dunno how many are OP / still available (or in how many countries). Not bad English for a Dane, eh? (They are't translations or transliterations, BTW) Danmark.. they managed to get all but a handful of their Jews to Sweden, ahead of the Nazis. No other country came even close. (Not even U.S., when one considers the blind-eye paid at several key decision-points) I do hope that no significant %pop there has become Muricanized. Last I saw of it, driving around with native guide, it was a verdant gorgeous countryside and decent towns. Tivoli, the ADULT amusement park in K\ufffdbenhavn was the model which Disney Bowdlerized / de-classed and homogenized for local consumption and max-$generation. (I need to retain Some illusions.. so DON'T GOOGLE the '00s $&#% %idiocy STATS, OK?) PS - but THIS Google be \ufffdine :-) Hadn't looked on web for Piet in a while - imagine: Thousands! Edited by Ashton Aug. 20, 2005, 09:26:48 PM EDT Edited by Ashton Aug. 20, 2005, 10:11:50 PM EDT Expand All History

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