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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-14-06 10:53 AM
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Ink versus gunpowder
Ink is handicapped, in a way, because you can blow up a man with gunpowder
in half a second, while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a
book. But the gunpowder destroys itself along with its victim, while a book
can keep on exploding for centuries. - Christopher Morley, writer
(1890-1957)


This is, of course, why republicans fear books so much.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 02:44 PM
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1. kick
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 02:51 PM
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2. Excellent quote. Thanks.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 06:04 PM
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3. You're welcome!
I really like it. It's too bad no one else seems to want to look at this thread and be enlightened...

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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 08:49 PM
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5. Psst, seems the gang is in the hot tub tonight....
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 06:06 PM
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4. Morely presumed a literate society
Most people nowadays wouldn't read a book if you put a gun to their head. ;)
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