Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 04:22:49 +0100
From: Chris Whitehouse <chrisw@venus.co.uk>
Message-Id: <199607300322.EAA00564@venus.co.uk>
Subject: Re: What is Holy?
Kevin said:
> Plato's account of the death of Socrates might well sound peaceful
> enough but Hemlock can, in many cases, cause convulsions. While it
> is possible that it might proceed like Plato's account, it's only
> true of less than 50% of cases.
Agreed. Have seen the results of eating hemlock. Though they survived,
the effects were not pleasant - in the worst case the convulsions were
severe enough to cause smashed teeth.
aa said:
> angel eyes for angels
"We are blind and live our blind lives out in darkness. Poets are
damned but they are not blind, they see with the eyes of angels."
- William Carlos Williiams (intro to Allen Ginsberg's "Howl")
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