Shutting down New York

Heikki Raudaskoski hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi
Mon Feb 2 03:12:40 CST 2004



> In a message dated 2/1/2004 11:59:35 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:
> Do a thought experiment. Think of the 22 year olds of your present
> acquaintance and imagine them overthrowing the government.
> Indeed, a very scary thought....

There's an exciting account of twentyish kids taking over the
Czech academia in the late 40s (backed up by older Moscovites
in the Party and government) in _The Joke_, the one good book
by Kundera.


Heikki



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