The Mittlewerk Express

[Paul J. Mackin]

On Sun, 1 Oct 1995, PETER A WATTS wrote:

> one more thought on trains: 
> like the arc of the rocket, the course of a train is fixed and inevitable,
> like time moving forward, always proceeding from past to future with no pause
> for processing the landscape of the present.
> plus its a big metal prick hurtling out into the unknown, modern mans 
> attempt at fucking time and distance just like a rocket.
> 

But as Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

			Paul J. Mackin
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