> [Original Message] > From: Veronica Caley <vcaley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/16/2005 11:46:21 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: FW: Re: Oh, Take me to JesusLand! > > Andy: Naturally, nothing like this will happen, I suspect > in large part because people simply enjoy conflict. Lyndie English with > her big smile speaks for everyone. In part too, all the well wishing is > most fun at a distance. It's all hypocrisy > > V.C. Lyndie English does not speak for me. She is a scapegoat and a run > amok human being who is taking the rap for the higher ups. > She is a scapegoat, but I'd like to know where her enthusiasm for the job came from. I imagine the pictures were to admire when she got home. Maybe show her grandchildren. Andy > V.C. You're are right, people enjoy conflict. I have known men who have > told me the best years of their lives were in military service, especially > in war time. I suspect it prevents boredom, except between battles, while > they wait for the next one. Ordinary life for many people is too > routinized and predictable. > > Veronica > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: lit-ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: 11/14/2005 11:53:00 PM > > Subject: [lit-ideas] FW: Re: Oh, Take me to JesusLand! > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: Veronica Caley <vcaley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Date: 11/14/2005 3:08:28 PM > > > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Oh, Take me to JesusLand! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Montana is holy > > > > land only to the Native Americans. > > > > > > > I don't think in terms of religion, so it occurred to me only later that > > Palestine is of course, the Holy Land. You're referring to the religious > > tug of war that goes on in the Middle East. God loves everyone best and > > mankind will blow up the world proving it. Being an atheist, I think it's > > ludicrous and primitive, but few share my opinions. Nevertheless, > > Jerusalem can remain as a general Holy Land for everyone, which it > > historically has been. Naturally, nothing like this will happen, I > suspect > > in large part because people simply enjoy conflict. Lyndie English with > > her big smile speaks for everyone. In part too, all the well wishing is > > most fun at a distance. It's all hypocrisy > > > > The bottom line is Muslims, Jews and Christians are all weird. And all > > equally brain dead when it comes to solving problems. > > > > > > Andy Amago > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html