In a message dated 02/15/2003 9:27:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Furthermore, I am ashamed of my jingoist blithering. Last night I wept
> openly as so many of you made clear that my soul is corrupted by an
> unnatural urge to question the efficacy of pacifism in world affairs. Even
> now, I ponder self-flagellation. If only painful lashes across my back
> would
> rid me of my cancerous respect for democracy, free speech, and worst of
> all,
> free enterprise.

I would suggest an enema....

jb....



They hang the man and flog the woman
That steal the goose from off the common,
But let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose.

Constant apprehension of war has the same tendency
to render the head too large for the body.  A standing military
force with an overgrown executive will not long be safe.
companions to liberty.  -- Thomas Jefferson


"America is a quarter of a billion people totally misinformed and disinformed
by their government. This is tragic but our media is -- I wouldn't even say
corrupt -- it's just beyond telling us anything that the government doesn't
want us to know."

Gore Vidal