Posted by zeugma on November 3, 2005, at 17:36:26
In reply to Re: please be civil, posted by Declan on November 3, 2005, at 15:44:02
> Perhaps there's some anxiety about escalating antagonism, not without reason. If we can't cope with that poem how are we going to welcome the islamist from Falluja when he pops his (civil) head up. >>
thank you for the rare laugh. :-)
Censor that poem and there goes English literature. Like from King Lear, off the top of my head
> 'Knowing naught, like dogs, but following'
> That sounds offensive enough to me, taken in a certain way.
oh, it is extremely offensive.i can think of another one off the top of my head:
"Necessity, the tyrant's plea." Paradise Lost.If I gave Milton more time to explain himself, both he and I would become extremely offensive.
-z
> Declan
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