antw. mddm/: famous last words
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vze422fs at verizon.net
Fri Oct 4 19:41:27 CDT 2002
on 10/4/02 6:23 AM, Bandwraith at aol.com at Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 10/4/02 3:42:46 AM, lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de writes:
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> << Dave Monroe schrieb:
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>
>> But am still curious as to what
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>> comments anyone might have left for Mason & Dixon,
>
>> "what it's all about" or whatever ...>>
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>
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>> it's about universal slavery and the improbability of friendship.
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>
> kai
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> ps. this third read was
> hard
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> to get through.<
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>
> Or, you should consider youself very fortunate
> that you have the free time to read the damn
> thing at all, let alone three times, my friend.
>
> mercy
>
It's about a lot of things : futility, melancholy, the confusion of our
complex lives, and lost love. It's also about the heroism of men who don't
drive tanks and win wars, but have the simple courage of decency and
compassion. I raise my glass of Spaten Oktoberfest to Jere Dixon. May he
seize the whip through eternity.
Joe
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