Better Things to Do (was "But the world isn't like that")

[davemarc]

From: Otto <ottosell at yahoo.de>

> From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> >
> > Unfortunately  this STOP THE WAR drivel issuing from him and others is
> > not only silly but has the  effect of making the Bush Administration's
> > position on a second war with Iraq sound better than it probably is  It
> > tends to swamp rational discussion on a serious matter.
> >
> > It definitely does not work in the service of Bush critics like me.
> >
> > P.
> >
>
> I agree. Definitely not!
>
> Otto
>
I concur.  So makes three of us so far.

For anyone who wants to work on behalf of peace, there must be
many alternatives that would be more effective than inundating pynchon-l
with polemics.

d.


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enlighten the Buddhist newsgroups that they're all bound for hell, and on
and on.

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