The last chapter in this saga began abruptly and ended even more quickly, before the bull could sense what hit him. Like the terrorist attacks that befell this great nation of Chimbel, the events that transpired at the top secret private meeting between the bull, the sentient being, and the President's people who use "bull", the verbal instrument, in the art of sophistry accompanying political and business dealings, forever changed two ordinary lives. By the time the bull emerged from the meeting his mind was thrust into such a quagmire that he wished he had joined a circus as a professional juggler juggling contradictory ideas for a living.
He was carrying in his hands a hurriedly typed rough draft of a summary of the minutes of the meeting, which required him to sign an agreement: The draft read: "The President's decision regarding the issue of the interspecies marriage between Mr. Boil and Mrs. Bokdi-Boil is as follows: (Pandurang had no clue about the specifics of any of this. He was not yet able to say "interspecies", but he was going to be working on it. He would be happy if he could say some of the words in this statement, let alone remember them.) This union is in the national interest. It is the only union of common working people that is in the national interest. It addresses the central social and economic issues of our lives. The proposal of Mr. Boil to have a mixed breed calf or calves is a good one, because it is pro-life. Such calves would also benefit our economy, because they would provide a new resource for the agricultural and food industry, struggling to market products to consumers whose dietary habits have expanded due to the communal harmony generated by Hindus having been forcibly converted to Christianity, and Christians having been forced to adopt Hindu ways and first names, for fear of being scapegoated or lynched by patriots. The first McDonald's restaurant to be opened in Chimbel has already patented the rights to sell "Bokboilburger" in four self-explanatory varieties, trademarked McBokboil, McBoilbok, McGaibok and McBokgai. The overseas trade assessment by our experts suggests that substantial commercial activity can be generated by marketing this new form of livestock to Muslims (those who we determine are against the terrorists), and the Goan and Indian Hindus (those who deny they are for the terrorists) who have adopted western ways. We have always been bothered by the fact that we have not been able to take advantage of the commercial benefits of cloning and embryonic stem cells because of our politically fruitful pro-life agenda. We did not want to terminate a life created by God through a natural union. But we believe God would not mind if we used lives created through perverted unnatural unions. So we believe we can continue to be pro-life, and allow unrestricted cloning and embryonic stem cell use, as long as it is conducted on an interspecies union. Towards this end, a prominent multinational company that has had some financial trouble recently, but is nevertheless known for its ability to be lucrative for everybody, has diversified into the agricultural and food sector by forming a new subsidiary, appropriately named Embryon, Inc. This company will have their head office in the Independent Republic of Chimbel, for which they will receive the appropriate tax breaks. Mr. Boil and Mrs. Bokdi-Boil who have never received a tax cut and who have never had the privilege of donating for a political cause will receive both for their role in this enterprise. In conclusion, there is the minor issue of the likelihood of loss of life of the goat during delivery, should a bokodgai or bokodboil be born. But we have concluded that sacrificing a goat in the national interest is a small price to pay. The President of the Independent Republic of Chimbel therefore issues an executive order to Mr. Boil and Mrs. Bokdi-Boil to be the patriots that, we are sure, they always wanted to be and kindly sign the requisite documents in the national interest of this great country." ___________________________ Thus the story of the bull and the goat was not just the lost last chapter of "Animal Farm", but it was also the first chapter of "A Brave New World" part deux, which was going to be inaugurated with a small involuntary sacrifice of a goat at an altar sanctifying the backdoor fusion between religious conservatism and avaricious capitalism, presided over by a clueless cowherd, whose wandering mind was incapable of spotting the many seemingly insignificant detours around the separation of the Church and the State, and the excesses of profit-minded special interests motivated by greed. _________ The End ____________ Cheers, Santosh =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!