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To: Constant Reader who wrote (15702)	6/26/2002 9:54:40 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

Yessssss........ True. Always.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (15702)	6/26/2002 10:52:28 PM
From: E	Respond to of 21057

Correct! Welcome back. How was the dim sum? Remember the conversation about that appalling Not In Our Name petition? N had lunch yesterday with the guy who hadn't signed anything in nine years. It seems that his wife was given a misimpression about what was in the petition and, w/o reading it, had said they could use his name! And look at this poem in its honor, it's very pointed and clever: Good ladies, sirs, fear not: your names will stand Forever where you choose: amid the band That shy away from this, your nation’s fight: Your hands are clean, your consciences are light. Dear sirs and ladies, consciences like yours Should not be marred by nasty things like wars, But polished and preserved above the fray, Forever just as spotless as today. You mark your course with certainty and pride, You trumpet setting base concerns aside, You see your moral duty clear: to flee The messy work that keeps your nation free. The raids prevented, bombers caught or killed, Will not be in your names, as you have willed. Your names will not be carved on honored wall, But lie forever in some different hall. How strong of you, whose views are so complex, To uphold standards certain to perplex All countrymen of yours who lack direction Of moral compass tuned to such perfection. How piercingly you parse the claims of those Who craft the shallow, sentimental prose Proclaiming cause with claim on our devotion: How splendid to rebuff such rude emotion. How thrilling to extend your hands pristine (Attended by those consciences serene) To all who seek your countrymen’s demise: Was ever there such selfless enterprise? If only generations past had done What you now do, the peace would long be won. And if it were a peace of thuggish sway, Your names would say, “A modest price to pay.” unremittingverse.blogspot.com