> "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FW: [Larryniven-l] Kurt Vonnegut on the state of the
> worldFrom the Larry Niven list:
> A bit too long to post.
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0512-13.htm
[small excerpt]
"Doesn’t anything socialistic make you want to throw
up? Like great public schools or health insurance for
all?
How about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes?
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the
Earth.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
the children of God. …
And so on.
Not exactly planks in a Republican platform. Not
exactly Donald Rumsfeld or Dick Cheney stuff.
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us
never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in
their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be
posted in public buildings. And of course that’s
Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand
that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be
posted anywhere.
“Blessed are the merciful” in a courtroom? “Blessed
are the peacemakers” in the Pentagon? Give me a
break!"
I don't recall reading any Vonnegut novels (though I'm
sure I must have read some short stories in
anthologies) - have to remedy that.
Debbi
who got Rob's point about the other shoe, and sadly
agrees that it _will_ drop, and grimly agrees with
whoever posted that it will most likely happen before
the November election
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