At 01:11 PM 10/26/01 -0500, measl@mfn.org wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Duncan Frissell wrote:
Besides, "Prison is not punishment to the literate."
Please tell me this is not meant as it reads. I keep trying, but seem unable to find anything but a straight reading..
"Otium sine litteris mors est. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca But *with* literature, it's great. Unfortunately, some prisons deny a wide choice of reading matter to their inmates but as long as you declare yourself a Baha'i upon entry, you get to read all the world's scriptures (including the complete works of L. Ron Hubbard). DCF ---- [1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. [3} ... but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? [7] And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 1 Chronicles 21.