On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "but your Lincoln quote is absolutely false, btw:" > > It may have been erroneously attributed to Lincoln. I have a lot of quotes > I rotate through and I try to check the source of all. Try being the key.
Totally understand, just an fyi on this particular one. > "I'd also say that the phrases of which it is made up is ridiculously wrong, > so I'm rather glad that Lincoln never actually said anything of the sort." > > I have no doubt that you disagree with every tenet in the poem. I believe > you would like it if one were to change "cannot" to "can" in every verse. That would also be totally false. I would tend to agree with them if they were changed from absolutes. That's the problem with blithe homilies like those, they ignore reality and go for soundbite. Can we cure poverty by impoverishing the rich? No, of course not. But no one is talking about impoverishing the rich, we are talking about a system of progressive taxation that creates a more equitable playing field and still leaves the rich rich, just not as rich. That's why I was pretty sure when I saw it that it wasn't actually from Lincoln. Lincoln was an actual leader and therefore needed to have a sense of nuance and reality. Cheers, Ju ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
