Dorcas (was: The mystery of the image of an astronautcleaned by Rudesind)

Roy C. Lackey · 10 Jul 2010, 04:08 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:08:13 -0500
Subject: (urth) Dorcas (was: The mystery of the image of an
	astronautcleaned by Rudesind)
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Ryan Dunn wrote:
> Oh, and I always liked this quote from the book, guess who said it...
>
> "Look at the great successes of the past - they say their deities are the
masters of all the universes, and yet that they require grandmothers to
defend them, as if they were children frightened by poultry."
>

I'm not going to step into that. <g> Anyway, I think Thecla's next line was
better, even if it more properly belongs in Andrew's thread.

"Or that the authority that punishes no one while there exists a chance for
reformation will punish everyone when there is no possibility anyone will
become the better for it."

-Roy

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