The Counterforce is dumb, deaf, blind, and a liar to boot

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 28 12:07:37 CST 2002


Only those who recognize their own albatross can join the Counterforce.  
This is the beginning of creative paranioa:

"The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is 
a white albatross" 712-13

>From: Weaver (who doesn't seem to get it)
>
>>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
>>Toby doesn't even know what the Counteforce is in GR. He abuses the term.
>
>>I fully agree.  He has no apparent recognition of his own personal 
>>albatross (Jesus (clayness)) either.
>
> >The [Counter]force is not Thee, it's Me.
>
>What a hoot! If it had been some liberal/leftie who had recanted his 
>previous convictions and spoken out in favour then Dave Morris and the 
>other supporters of the current War would have been waving those statements 
>around like they were the Stars and bloody Stripes.
>Sir Stephen Dodson-Truck a familiar name?  One of Them who joined the 
>Counterforce.   Was he a liar and a hypocrite?  A great thing about GR is 
>that it does contain points at which readers' personal political polarities 
>are clearly exposed by their responses to those points. The Counterforce is 
>a classic that way.


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