[lit-ideas] Re: Terrorism's "limited results"
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:43:28 -0700
On Sep 2, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Eric wrote:
On 9/2/2010 1:45 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
Thinking of blunt weapons:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/7952729/Piper-Bill-Millin.html
Also moved at the astounding courage of that man. I'd probably be
cringing and crying and soiling myself in such a situation. The
world requires so many different forms of courage.
I tried to play at a friend's funeral. Couldn't summon up the
necessary puff and fingering. Of course I didn't have the muscle
memory that comes with hours and hours and hours of practice, and I
was never any kind of commando, but still...I have some idea what kind
of miracle it is that he got sound out.
I wonder if the drones were in tune? All that wetness can't have done
the reeds much good.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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