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Post #267,363 by Ashton 9/12/06 4:38:52 PM Reply	I've been reading a fine bio of George O A few fascinating chapters at a time, over months. (A pres from a bibliophile friend..) But I'd imagine that any reading of 1984 or the rather-OK movie, would 'create permanent memory' for that phrase (?)
Post #267,365 by drewk 9/12/06 4:41:45 PM Reply	Depressing how often he's still relevant === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #267,379 by Ashton 9/12/06 5:42:50 PM Reply	Re: Depressing how often he's ^h^h the Greeks and most 'old ie mature' cultures have eons-ago taken the measure of what does Not constitute a civilization (..always so much harder to complete any list of what Does, I wot.) An iggerant populace guarantees that we always need a Twain, Mencken, Vonnegut around to reSHOUT this stuff. I thought that ST (Trek) covered that one well, with the skit of the elders-in-togas preventing YAN testosterone shoot-out / planetary invasion - you remember, the one wherein the Klingon, after accepting that the fun was off for today, squealed, It would have been a G l o r i o u s (little?) war!! Before Light! as in ..Let there Be __, -was- cha cha cha :-/

I really overestimated myself - (bepatient) - (41) - Sept. 11, 2006, 09:16:37 AM EDT

Glad I'm not the only one. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:19:09 AM EDT

Glad I'm not the only one. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:19:23 AM EDT

"Three dead is a tragedy, three thousand is a statistic" - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:34:12 AM EDT

Its not outrage. - (bepatient) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:42:24 AM EDT

I'm much the same. - (pwhysall) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:21:48 PM EDT

dunno if it helps but - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:31:19 PM EDT

It's about as many will die in traffic accidents this month - (pwhysall) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:39:13 PM EDT

You should be sick. - (bionerd) - (6) - Sept. 11, 2006, 11:12:55 AM EDT

Why? - (jbrabeck) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:21:44 PM EDT

I guess because - (bionerd) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:31:41 PM EDT

And- my task at work today - (bionerd) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:36:28 PM EDT

Do you have the same feeling - (xtensive) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2006, 09:56:02 PM EDT

Victims of the random attacks are tragic - (bepatient) - Sept. 12, 2006, 10:55:07 AM EDT

Yes, but to a lesser degree because - (bionerd) - Sept. 12, 2006, 10:37:06 AM EDT

Why are we at work today? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:27:59 PM EDT

Cool, another 3-day weekend ... break out the grill -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 01:17:04 PM EDT

And the mattress sales - (lincoln) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:07:25 PM EDT

I was crying this morning. Again. - (folkert) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:52:48 PM EDT

I cried, too. -NT - (bionerd) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:33:19 PM EDT

I remember it like it was yesterday - (tuberculosis) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:45:56 PM EDT

I did my best to avoid the images on TV today - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:38:16 PM EDT

How Safe Are We? (new thread) - (Nightowl) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:41:13 PM EDT

Perspective of a 14 year old. - (mmoffitt) - (17) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:15:39 PM EDT

Actually, there's an easy answer: the true one - (jake123) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:19:08 PM EDT

That's human nature - (bionerd) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:43:54 PM EDT

That may be - (jake123) - Sept. 12, 2006, 03:52:57 PM EDT

I was thinking about the kids, too - (drewk) - (6) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:37:28 PM EDT

'We have always been at war with East Asia..' - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:22:09 PM EDT

You knew that was an Orwell quote? - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:29:01 PM EDT

I've been reading a fine bio of George O - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:38:52 PM EDT

Depressing how often he's still relevant -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:41:45 PM EDT

Re: Depressing how often he's ^h^h the Greeks - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2006, 05:42:50 PM EDT

I knew... - (jb4) - Sept. 12, 2006, 06:47:59 PM EDT

She is old enough (and clearly wise enough) now, to grok - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2006, 03:59:22 PM EDT

I agree with her - (boxley) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2006, 05:19:27 PM EDT

Send that to Move On - they have the Will, the $$ and the - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 06:30:00 PM EDT

wrong messenger, need to bleed it from the grassroots - (boxley) - Sept. 12, 2006, 07:33:51 PM EDT

I couldn't watch or listen to the coverage either. 36 kB. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2006, 09:44:42 AM EDT

Not the coverage I was speaking about - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2006, 10:50:00 AM EDT

My wife saw that too - scared her until she realized it was - (jbrabeck) - Sept. 13, 2006, 11:10:56 AM EDT

The only thing I watched.... - (static) - Sept. 13, 2006, 09:11:11 PM EDT

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