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July 12, 2013

What’s shocking about the poem is that it is so astonishingly modern.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.

They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.

But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”

The authorities that are supposed to protect you always turn on you in the end, feudalism is a beautiful system but only for the feudal lord, and the peasants in their undefended huts are prey to all sorts of evil marauders. And yet, we still get it, in this day and age we still hear it, “if you just give up your weapons, you’ll be safe.” “If you just shut up, we won’t attack you.” “If you are a good boy/girl, we’ll be kind to you.” -- They Promised Perpetual Peace | According To Hoyt

Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 12, 2013 12:24 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I like to read Kipling. Insightful and timeless.

Posted by: chasmatic at July 12, 2013 9:14 AM

Classics are timeless, eh wot?

"As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;"

Posted by: Casca at July 12, 2013 10:52 AM

Ive estado trabajando con ordenadores basados ??en Windows desde hace 17 años, desde que tenía 5 (interpretado Duke Nukem 3D, y yo estaba en lmao) y, recientemente, estoy tratando de aprender linux por varias razones. en la universidad, soy un ordenador de sistemas de información importante, y me voy de allí a hacer cosas con las redes, ya tomado una clase de entrenamiento de Cisco hace unos años, y pienso llegar muy profundamente en eso.

Posted by: Roseann Ledbetter at December 25, 2013 7:32 PM

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