[lit-ideas] Re: A rose by any other name...

  • From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:48:21 -0500

I remember reading (as a young history student) that Muslim mothers as late as the 1800s used to frighten their children into behaving by bandying the name of Richard the Lionheart (as a sort of bogeyman). Perhaps Muslim mothers in ages hence will use Bush's name in the same way.

Ursula

Mike Geary wrote:
BLACKWATER -- has there ever been a more appropriate name for an evil enterprise? I predict that in the near future "Bush" will become a curse word even for conservative Americans. Then Cheney will to Leahy say, "Bush you." Mike Geary
Memphis

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