CDR: Re: Whipped Europeans

[Steve Mynott]

No he is British.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 01:33:57PM -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
> 
> Er, I thought Terry Pratchett was a European...
> 
> Steven Furlong wrote:
> > 
> > Michael Motyka wrote:
> > >
> > > Petro wrote:
> > > > What do you expect from a bunch of whipped Europeans?
> > > >
> > > > To quote T. Pratchett "They don't need chains, they have obedience."
> > > >
> > > The only difference is that they know they are whipped. We have the
> > > chains but no obedience. Chains paid for by our own money.
> > 
> > It's better to be chained but with the goal of freedom than to be an
> > unchained but content slave. The self-proclaimed masters can be
> > overthrown, lethally if need be.
> > 
> > (Thought I'd beat Tim to that. I don't kill without good cause, but I'd
> > count this as a good cause.)
> > 
> > SRF
> > 
> > --
> > Steve Furlong, Computer Condottiere     Have GNU, will travel
> >    518-374-4720     sfurlong at acmenet.net
> 
> 

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