From: "Eric" <ericandmary-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: RE: sideways Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:39:24 -0600 Geof, I thought that was a beautifully written and very moving post. As someone a little older, with my own economic worries, I certainly sympathize with your plight. I also have another friend who is an academic, struggling to get by these days. It seems that we're all in the same boat. But while we're all in this together, we're not all at the same level. At the Titanic goes down, many of us who were once in coach may now find ourselves in steerage. The skipper cries out; "Women and children first!", but we all know that somehow in the end the rich will get to the lifeboats before anyone else. As a variation on the illusive nature of the pleasant grassy promontory overlooking the stormy sea in an age of the reflexive society, I am also reminded of the story by Poe, in which a masked ball is held during the plague. The participants all think they are safe until midnight comes and the real unmasking occurs. Perhaps, it could be renamed - "The Masque of the Red-State Death". eric
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