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Re: The Acid question



In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
>citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
>double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows
>the mind ... And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and
>the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will
>have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the
>citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer
>up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so. How do I know?
>For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." -- Julius Caesar

This supposed "quotation" is fraudulent -- Caesar never said it and
it's also not from Shakespeare.

  -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net 
     These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
       "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
           were standing on my shoulders."  (Hal Abelson, MIT)







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