Re: Thomas Jefferson; was: spike, the technobarbarian

J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Sat, 8 May 1999 21:12:27 -0700

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John Marsh wrote,
I believe if Jefferson were alive today and in a powerful position in = Washington, he would be making very positive and lasting effects on = American society. Perhaps we would not be currently enduring the = tryannical assault on our liberties currently going on in the name of = safety and the Drug War.

Shades of William Jefferson Clinton! Except that if Thomas Jefferson had = the White House in 1998, Monica would have become a mom by now.

As for what the ancients (Confucius, Moses, Solomon, Socrates, Jesus, = Maimonides, Nostradamus) would say about today's problems, I guess they = would first laugh at the ridiculous lives most of us live, then they = would cry at the realization that we will die in this post-Enlightenment = world, never having directly experienced what they experienced. (Except = perhaps for Confucius. That prodigious bureaucrat would probably just = sit and stare into the superciliousness of it all.)

Cheers,

--J. R.

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John Marsh wrote,
I believe if Jefferson were alive today and in a powerful = position=20 in Washington, he would be making very positive and lasting effects on = American=20 society.  Perhaps we would not be currently enduring the tryannical = assault=20 on our liberties currently going on in the name of safety and the Drug=20 War.
 
Shades of William Jefferson Clinton! Except that if = Thomas=20 Jefferson had the White House in 1998, Monica would have become a mom by = now.
 
As for what the ancients (Confucius, Moses, Solomon, Socrates, = Jesus,=20 Maimonides, Nostradamus) would say about today's problems, I guess they = would=20 first laugh at the ridiculous lives most of us live, then they would cry = at the=20 realization that we will die in this post-Enlightenment world, never = having=20 directly experienced what they experienced. (Except perhaps for = Confucius. That=20 prodigious bureaucrat would probably just sit and stare into the=20 superciliousness of it all.)
 
Cheers,
 
--J. R.
 
 
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