"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against
the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better,
but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse
than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking
primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions,
to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley
"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.
All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.
"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
Whoops= sorry, thought this was HUMOR!
Yep, exemplary of the fact there’s more truth in satire than most “news” bulletins.
One quibble with Deek’s brilliant monologue: the drug trade is surely up there as one of the most lucrative, but I wonder whether the arms trade is not in fact more so?
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Dauntless Dissent
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Ann’s back!!!!!!
Good to see you, love the videos!
Great to see you BlueBear, and catching up on some great posts at your place(s). I’ll be returning ‘proper’in the New Year I think.
I’ll be returning ‘proper’
I’ve never thought you were improper!
:)
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PG: :)