RE: something rotten in the state of Denmark

    (Not so long before, when the intellectuals were in the saddle,
    when the thinkers' establishment was as much church as
    university-based - & by no means marginalised - the acquiescence
    of the masses was obtained with a similar promise: that of life
    after death.)
    Scottie

Scottie, the masses are asses, not asses in today's sense but in the old
mule that won't move unless he sees carrying your load gets him some
where. The masses are asses not because that is what they have to be but
what they choose to be. Now in light of all the innate brotherly concern in
our hearts it doesn't sound so much like acquiescence. The 'intellectuals'
were good at beating ol' Ed the mule and even making him wear that goofy
floppy hat but if doesn't want to go, they are walking and hauling their own
baggage.

    Despite their advantage of brains & diligence, the intellectuals
    themselves are - strangely - excused all blame for this awful
    state of affairs.

    It seems to be all OUR fault. We don't read carefully enough,
    aren't willing 'to make the effort', don't care about books deeply
    enough, don't turn up for PTA meetings, swallow any old shit
    pumped out by Hollywood & the television. Et cetera. Et cetera.
    Scottie

What can I say, pay to play has never been popular. The intellectuals are
busy running things or trying to convince us they ought to be, since we poor
dumb ox can become content in pullin' the plow. This dumb ox says hey
where's your yoke?

    It couldn't, I suppose, have anything to do with THEIR
    navel-centred obsessions, THEIR jargon-loaded signalling to
    each other, THEIR reluctance (or, whisper it, could it be their
    inability?) to write plain words, & above all, that insistently
    misunderstood, ill-done-by whine that informs so many of their
    utterances.

    No? I thought not.

    Scottie B.

Scottie, come on, not so hard. If you're to rough they won't come out and
play any more. They'll spend the rest of their days in their rooms writing
letters to the editor, or worse yet they'll send you explosive epistles from
their shack in the woods. It is ok to have the 'loon' in the neighbor hood
just don't let your children play around there.

Daniel
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Received on Thu Apr 24 13:30:00 2003