I kinda agree with Kenneth, and I kinda demur from the reigning
assumption. I'd rather have our military leaders of the future reading
poetry than not reading poetry, and I really liked the original NY Times
article.
Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> Something curious to this thread. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the
> assumption behind thread has never been defined. One can only assume
> what we are expected to assume?
>
> The reigning assumption du jour seems to be that apes should receive
> their allotment of bananas and not allowed near typewriters lest they
> accept the risk of one day writing Hamlet. Therefore, to give a poem
> to a military cadet is a great disturbance in the Force, y'might
> say--an insult to the order of things in which all soldiers are morons
> and all poets are men and women of the highest moral standing.
>
> KW
>
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Tad Richards
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