[2709] in Central_America
New quotes for Mon Sep 10
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Mon Sep 10 01:30:40 1990
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 90 01:30:07 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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bdschoon (Benjamin D Schoon):
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horiuchi (Junjiro Horiuchi):
"Wagahai wa neko de aru"
Logged out last from m16-034-10 at Sun Sep 9 23:48:43 EDT 1990.
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jcbourne (Juliet C Bourne):
Go away little girl.
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jdmitche (James D Mitchell):
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
Everything you always wanted to know about Arab attitudes toward
Israel, but were afraid to ask....
Part 24:
``Begin is in Cairo today. Do something, Egypt. Poison the Nile
water that Begin will drink. Keep the grave of Abdel Nasser from
Begin's sight, lest he die a second time upon seeing Begin in Cairo.
Say something, Egypt. It is not important what, just do not show
Begin that you are dead, that you were felled by the claws of Zionism
as Palestine fell before you.''
- //Radio Damascus//, April 2, 1979
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joachim (Joachim Heel):
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jtidwell (Jenifer P. Tidwell):
Heard on the David Letterman show:
Average Iraqi
Has visited the convergence of the Tigris and Euphrates, cradle of
the ancient civilization founded by his ancestors
Average American
Once got really sick on the Wild Mouse ride at Six Flags theme
park
Average Iraqi
Willing to participate in Holy War for his nation
Average American
Willing to participate in People's Choice Awards
Average Iraqi
Lines up by the thousands to die for country
Average American
Will go to any extreme to avoid jury duty
Average Iraqi
Has endured many food shortages during wars with Iran and embargo
by West
Average American
Shoves McDonalds cashier if their Happy Meal doesn't include
McCookies
Average Iraqi
Believes if he dies in battle, he will go straight to Paradise
Average American
Believes if, in a dream, you don't wake up before hitting the
ground, you die
Average Iraqi
Has friend or relative wounded in ruthless wars of conquest
Average American
Has beer guzzling uncle who shot self in foot on hunting trip
Average Iraqi
Thinks Saddam Hussein is a political genius
Average American
Thinks Saddam Hussein makes Dan Quayle seem like Einstein
Go figure. :-)
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mtbear (Matthew T Bear):
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D i l i g i t e e t q u o d v i s f a c .
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paul (Paul Boutin):
``I hate to say `We told you so,' but we told you so.''
- Moshe Arens, Aug. 3, 1990
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pwkan (paul wh kan):
Le plus grand defait de la penetration n'est pas de n'aller
point jusqu'au but, c'est de le passer.
--Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maximes
We [ie the human man "Equality 7-2521"] have come to see how
great is the unexplored, and many lifetimes will not bring us
to the end of our quest. But we wish no end to our quest. We
wish nothing, save to be alone and to learn, and to feel as if
with each day our sight were growing sharper than the hawk's and
clearer than rock crystal.
--Equality 7-2521, in Ayn Rand's Anthem
If it were only for vocabulary, the scholar would be covetous of
action. Life is our dictionary. Years are well spent. . .to the
end of mastering in all their facts a language by which to illustrate
and embody our perceptions. I learn immediately from any speaker
how much he has already lived, through the poverty or the splendor
of his speech. Life lies behind us as the quary from whence we get
tiles and copestones for the masonry of today. This is the way to
learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy the language which the
field and the work-yard made.
--R.W. Emerson, "The American Scholar"
Man manufactures a tool and by that action enriches the
totality of physical objects present in the world. Once produced,
the tool has a being of its own that cannot be readily changed by
those who employ it. Indeed the tool (say, an agricultural implement)
may even enforce the logic of its being upon its users, sometimes in
a way that may not be particularly agreeable to them.... Man invents
a language and then finds that both his speaking and his thinking are
dominated by its grammar. Man produces values and discovers that he
feels guilty when he contravenes them. Man concocts institutions,
which come to confront him as powerfully controlling and even menacing
constellations of the external world. . . .
Above all, society maintains itself by its coercive power.
The final test of its objective reality is its capacity to impose
itself upon the reluctance of individuals.... In other words, the
fundamental coerciveness of society lies not in its machineries of
social control, but in its power to constitute and to impose itself
as reality.... It is not enough that the individual look upon the key
meanings of the social order as useful, desirable, or right. It is
much better (better, that is, in terms of social stability) if he
looks upon them as inevitable, as part and parcel of the universal
"nature of things". If that can be achieved, the individual who
strays seriously from the socially defined programs can be considered
not only a fool or a knave, but a madman. Subjectively, then, serious
deviance provokes not only moral guilt but the terror of madness.
--Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy
Work: Richard L Sidman Lab (617) 735-6344
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Home: 428 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 494-9065/9833
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therese (Suntioinen Therese M.):
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