And we have: "I'm going to sue - the cigarette packet said these were going to kill me but I'm still here"
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ron Kulp > Sent: 12 April 2007 16:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] Vonnegut is dead - so it goes > > > > > > Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (born 11 November 1922 - died 11 > April 2007) > American writer famous for his imaginitive satires. > > Some good quotes from Kurt: > > "We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is > trying to get rid > of us, as well it should." > > On Humans, in an appearance on The Daily Show (September 2005) > > 1...."I have wanted to give Iraq a lesson in democracy-because we're > experienced with it, > you know. And, in democracy, after a hundred years, you have > to let your > slaves go. > And, after a hundred and fifty years, you have to let your women vote. > And, at the > beginning of democracy, is that quite a bit of genocide and ethnic > cleansing is quite > okay. And that's what's going on now." > > 2. "The only difference between [George W.] Bush and [Adolf] Hitler is > that Hitler was elected." > > 3. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: > THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED > FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD > WAS MUSIC > > 4."A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, > is to love > whoever is around to be loved." > > 5."Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty-three > thousand miles > closer to Globular Cluster > M13 in Hercules- and still there are some misfits who insist > that there > is no such thing as progress." > > 6."Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter > that can think > and feel. It complains so. > By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and > moons could be accused of > being a little too phlegmatic." > > 7."The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody > would be to not > be used for anything by > anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to > be used by > anybody." > > 8. "Say what you will about the sweet miracle of > unquestioning faith, I > consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile." > > 9. "Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and > wonder 'why, > why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, > bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand." > > 10.The visitor from outer space made a serious study of > Christianity, to > learn, if he could, why > Christians found it so easy to be cruel. He concluded that at > least part > of the trouble was > slipshod storytelling in the New Testament. He supposed that > the intent > of the Gospels was > to teach people, among other things, to be merciful, even to > the lowest > of the low. > But the Gospels actually taught this: > Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well > connected. > So it goes. > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the > Government Secure Intranet Anti-Virus service supplied by > Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM > Certificate Number 2006/04/0007.) 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