“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
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"We Live In Dangerous Times"
No kidding, Slavoj, old boy!
Tell me, can you name any known period in history that could NOT be called Dangerous Time?
I made up tthree bumperstickers forty-odd years ago. They were never manufactured, but they're as true today as they ever were, perhaps even more so.
LIFE IS A MINEFIELD!
LIFE IS A TRAGEDY. EVERYBODY DIES!
LIFE IS A TERMINAL DISEASE!
Here's a new one:
LIFE GOT INFINITELY WORSE
AFTER KARL MARX WAS BORN.
'Tis said Karl Marx was a Lutheran.
He was not. He was JEWTHERAN.
Zizek is a blitherng idiot, but dangerous because he has charisma.
I had to WORK at not liking him.
I imagine others have had similar experiences with this virtual Vesuvius of Verbal Vomit.
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