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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jhild who wrote (4424)	5/6/2000 12:06:00 PM
From: The Barracuda™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

As long as Elian has a chance to be free, I have a chance to save him from cuba

To: jhild who wrote (4424)	5/6/2000 2:26:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

My mythology may be a little off. Azhriel as I recall is a meddler who instigated a revolt in heaven. His first victim of propaganda was Leviathan. Leviathan Leviathan, in the Bible, one of the names of the primeval dragon subdued by Yahweh at the outset of creation: "You crushed Leviathan's heads, gave him as food to the wild animals" (Psalm 74:14; see also Isaiah 27:1; Job 3:8; Amos 9:3). Biblical writers also refer to the dragon as Rahab (Job 9:13; Psalm 89:10) or simply as the Abyss (Habakkuk 3:10). The biblical references to the battle between Yahweh and Leviathan reflect the Syro-Palestinian version of a myth found throughout the ancient Near East. In this myth, creation is represented as the victory of the creator-god over a monster of chaos. The closest parallel to the biblical versions of the story appears in the Canaanite texts from Ra's Shamrah (14th century BC), in which Baal defeats a dragonlike monster: "You will crush Leviathan the fleeing serpent, you will consume the twisting serpent, the mighty one with seven heads." (The wording of Isaiah 27:1 draws directly on this text.) A more ancient version of the myth occurs in the Babylonian Creation Epic, in which the storm god Marduk defeats the sea monster Tiamat and creates the earth and sky by cleaving her corpse in two (see Assyro-Babylonian Literature). The latter motif is reflected in a few biblical passages that extol Yahweh's military valor: "Was it not you who split Rahab in half, who pierced the dragon through?" (Isaiah 51:9; see also Job 26:12; Psalm 74:13, 89:10). The basic pattern of the Leviathan myth recurs in the Greek story of the battle between Zeus and the many-headed dragon Typhon, recounted by Hesiod in the Theogony. It may also lie behind the much later legend of Saint George and the dragon, which is set in northern Syria. In the Jewish apocalyptic writings it is foretold that Leviathan will break out of captivity at the end of the present era but will suffer a second and final defeat at the hands of God (2 Esdras 6:52; 2 Baruch 29:3-8). The apocalyptic version was probably influenced by parallel Iranian beliefs. In the New Testament, the many-headed dragon of Revelation chapter 12 shares a number of characteristics with Leviathan?in particular, it functions as an embodiment of forces hostile to God. In later Christian lore, Leviathan came to be identified with the "great fish" in which Jonah spent three days and three nights (Jonah 2:1), and subsequently with hell. encarta.msn.com Also, as to what awaits Elian - Nothingness. Daedalus: Danger! Men at work DAVID JONES In the modern workplace, masculinity is a grave disadvantage. Few jobs still require the physical strength, competitiveness and courage promoted by testosterone. The modern office rewards submissive teamwork, bland reliability, and careful politeness to superiors, inferiors and customers alike. And a man who even glances speculatively at any of his increasing number of female co-workers risks a charge of sexual harassment or creating a hostile environment. The new business world is fit only for wimps. So Daedalus is studying the essence of wimpishness. He notes that testosterone can be leaked continuously into the bloodstream from a small skin patch. Remove the patch, and the hormone level declines rapidly. DREADCO biochemists are now inventing an exactly inverse skin patch. One version leaks a testosterone antagonist into the blood; another acts as a trap, sequestering and removing the hormone from the blood passing beneath it. The idea is to reduce the testosterone in a man's blood, if not quite to zero, at any rate to an absolute biological minimum. The final 'Wimpatch' will effortlessly solve the work-related emotional stresses of so many men. Slapping on a Wimpatch in the morning, the sexiest and most combative man will shrink into the limp, acquiescent role demanded by the modern office or service industry. Peeling it off after work, he will snap back into the bold instinctive style needed for sport, carousing or sexual enterprise. But the Wimpatch offers its users a still more valuable gain. Male drive and sexuality decline sadly with age, far faster than the slow reduction of blood testosterone levels. Daedalus reckons the testosterone sensors in body and brain become fatigued by decades of steady high concentration, and gradually lose their sensitivity. But a shrewd Wimpatch wearer will fatigue them far less. He will wear his patch regularly at work, and at many other times when he does not actually need to be masculine and sexy. His sensors, used to very low testosterone levels, will not get blunted. So he will retain his male drive and enterprise well into old age. Indeed, when he finally gives up work, and throws his Wimpatch away for the last time, his retirement career will encompass far more sexually vigorous and rewarding pursuits than the usual pathetic pastimes of bowls, golf, gardening and endless TV.