The national review online has an article, "defeating fascism again," by michael ledeen that dovetails quite nicely with the day'd discussion. ciao, DSR "Luna is unacceptable," another proud H/H shipper. Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ararana wrote: > > [clip] I think > what makes this poem attractive is that the author can be so child like and > innocent in his request. It is as though he is not scarred with doubt and > pessimism, but he can dare to dream. > A great fighter for human emancipation once gave the formula, "Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." Texts that merely indulge in a generalized optimism undercut rather than ground real hope. I find the text rather offensive myself. "Child like" or merely "childish"? Carrol > Anelly --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search