Posted by Peter H on April 15, 2008 at 19:59:17 from 86.147.155.47 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: And, from a different perspective to Noam Chomsky, we have... posted by Peter Ceresole on April 14, 2008 at 22:24:15:
I haven't mentioned it, no, not at all
Peter's nihilistic comment set off a train of connections in my mind. The first was to WDMTGTS, Ch. XII 'A Cure for Sea-Sickness', when John's hands "shook a little in spite of nothing having happened" - wonderful line!
Then I somehow recalled the "bogus wherryman" of TarBoard. You have to be a real old-timer to remember that (April-May 1999, in case you feel like entering your Archive Vault and reliving it). It doesn't seem like 9 years ago . . .
While I was down in my Vault, I found this:
One's freedom to swing one's fist ends in the region of others' faces. (Ian E-N, TarBoard, 26 March 2002)- Yep, neat.