Hi - this image is a strong one - quickly to me came the words 'the stench of crematoria' - ethnic cleansing, genocide... there always on the dark side of nationalism in the twentieth century... there always in the shadow of our discussion... I wrote about positive things, quoting George Eliot...at the same time something stinks - as Hamlet says, there's something rotten in the state of Denmark (another English reference)... Eliot knew trouble, knew the danger of prejudice, but could not have foretold what we were to do to each other in the name of blood and soil and 'community'...in the name of self-defence, of protecting our borders, of expanding our borders... Now Europe has to protect US borders by having 'Son of Star Wars' facilities here...
I've been enjoying the space not to talk about this...but if something stinks my guess is the death and destruction that nationalism has caused and comntinues to cause... Franc on 23/12/02 8:29 pm, Susan Kocen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Susan > PS: The nose peg thing makes me nervous.... what is that stink we think we > are going to make with what we write, someone will be offended, put off, > turned off...?... i needed to mention that because i was about to write it > myself!!! > > > --------------------- > Please do not reply to the above address > Instead reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thank you.
