ill try. -- tony
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > I would like to recommend we all do something for ourselves and one another > during this time of political consideration. I would like for us all within > the next five days to watch the film "1984" starring John Hurt and Richard > Burton. It was filmed at the exact time (April 1984) and in the exact place > in England described in the original novel. > > While you're watching the film, make connections between principles in the > film and what is currently happening in our own country today. It won't be > hard at all (Goldstein is an obvious one). Then ask yourself, is this > because of one political party or the other, or both? Or can we only blame > ourselves? And come up with your own questions and answers to discuss. > > I have seen so many fruitless discussions -- forgive me, but it's how I > honestly feel -- about some attribute of this personality or that > personality or which party is better for my purposes or your purposes, etc. > I just think it's time that we as a relatively involved and intelligent > group focus on the bigger picture of what lies beneath, and 1984 is a great > conversation starter. > > When I was a young man just out of military school, an art gallery owner > asked me "What is art?" To which I gave the typically wrong answer "Art is > beauty." "No," he said, "art *moves* you." 1984 is truly a work of art. > > Let's all discuss in a few days, shall we? > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
