Roger, I have no idea what points you are trying to make.
If you do want to look close at things, well you come up against the
bonding force that underlies all human relationships, it isn't a
pretty sight. We are not entirely loveable animals, best make what
little kindnesses we can do.
2008/7/16 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
> This was not my point, dear boy. So, it's not "about it." Digression,
> though, is often an interesting tool of blunting effect.
>
> Roger
>
> On 7/16/08, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> You ever been in a street-riot, mate, apart from reading about them?
>>
>> I have, in Handsworth in '81. It's very interesting, very. I remember
>> sheltering from the police charge behind this half-height wall that
>> extended from The Rialto, and this huge Rasta, 6 foot 7 or so ( and
>> I'm a tall guy, so when I say big I mean big) of the kind who never
>> talked to whities, was also hiding there too, and he turned round to
>> me and said 'I dunno about you mate but this scares me shitless'.
>>
>> Which is about it.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> 2008/7/16 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
>> > I've just finished reading a History of French Literature. I started
>> > it many moons ago, but I've stuck doggedly to it's winding path. One
>> > of the last essays involved the huitards, of course. One concrete
>> > result of the Mai '68 manifestations is the revelation of power. When
>> > push came to shove, all that talk of freedom and democracy and
>> > egalitarianism was just that: talk.
>> >
>> > Now I have no idea what went on b/c but I can guess. Andrew Burke has
>> > my fullest admiration and support. He is a brilliant writer, generous
>> > to a fault and deserves better than the claques and cabals that have
>> > clouded our horizons recently.
>> >
>> > Furthermore, the manner in which the anthology was ditched was
>> > basically shit. Shame on the lot of you. I'm glad that I will never
>> > ever be involved in such a venture.
>> >
>> > Yes, Robin, you have been in the vicinity of a lot of list meltdowns.
>> > It kind of reminds of a Jasper Carrot joke about his mother-in-law's
>> > driving.
>> >
>> > Roger
>> >
>> > On 7/16/08, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >> It's power tae the people, Sunny Jim.
>> >>
>> >> Comes down to it, there are two people on this list who have the physical
>> >> capabilities of printing a poetryetc anthology, an it's no you, wee dug, an
>> >> it's no me.
>> >>
>> >> So be nice tae uz!!
>> >>
>> >> <g>
>> >>
>> >> The Wee M'Greegor
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> > "I began to warm and chill
>> > to objects and their fields"
>> > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> David Bircumshaw
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>>
>
>
> --
> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> "I began to warm and chill
> to objects and their fields"
> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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