[lit-ideas] Re: I get 72... raisins?
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:12:01 -0400
Mike, this is so true. It's one of G-d's little jokes. Create a species
that overflows with animosity and insecurity, then give them yourself as
the source of love. Throw them a bone then sit back and watch the show.
No fiction could be more surreal. I appreciate Marlena's search for the
good, and I appreciate that if the good weren't so hard to find, we
wouldn't have to search so hard to find it.
Andy
> [Original Message]
> From: Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 5/16/2005 1:19:46 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: I get 72... raisins?
>
> I assume that Marlena was being ironic when she wrote:
>
> > Please, we all know that our soldiers were just doing their jobs and not
> > doing anything to disrespect anyone's religion.
>
>
> But isn't it bizarre that we human beings will rage against the
> "desecration" of a book but shrug off the humiliation and torture of
human
> beings. No riots over Abu Graib or Guantanamo. But tear a page from a
> "holy book" of which there are a 100 million copies and everyone goes
crazy.
> There is no end to the comedy in human nature. Ya gotta love us all.
How
> funny to hear Condoleezza protest that we would never show disrespect for
a
> "holy book" -- just people.
>
>
> Mike Geary
> Memphis
>
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