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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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17.5.03

Question here is: if Americans can arm themselves to be safe in a pretty safe country, why are Iraqis -- to whom we are extending the benefit of our superior way of life -- denied this right, in a country that is about as dangerous as they get?

And don't gun people always say: The first sign of tyranny is when the government takes away your guns?

And didn't all the lawn signs say: Liberate Iraq?

Well, how can people be free without the sine qua non of freedom, machines that punch holes in people?

I feel guilty even asking, but there it is.

Mike Finley's All-American
May 16

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