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Ted Samsel
tejas at infi.net
Tue Jul 30 11:23:39 CDT 1996
PaulMackin sez:
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:
>
> > who EXACTLY are They? (emphasis added)
>
> Have an awful feeling I'm missing the context, but here's an
> an off-the-top-of-the-header.
>
> "They" are whatever reminds "Us" we are about to die.
>
> Kind of existential.
This recalls the scene in THE WILD BUNCH where Edmond OBrien scathingly
tells the some-what-dim Gortch brothers (Ben Johnson & Warren Oates)
who "THEY" are...
"with a bag of silver rings, a thumb up yer ass and a smile to pass the time
of day. That's who THEY are."
Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net *1996* Year of the Accordion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Home of the brave, land of the free,
I don't want to be mistreated by no bourgoisie."
AAFOUF# 0000003 Huddie Ledbetter
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