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Koba
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan 
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. No man No problem And no man Is without blame Or sin— or guilt Or whatever power Wishes to label it In matters of Right or wrong The gun in hand Is one’s best friend And ultimate final judge Ah Comrades There’s nothing then As so well solves Our present woes As a bullet Through the head . |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
John, Don't talk like that. Bobby |
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turtle Senior Member
since 2009-01-23
Posts 548Harbor |
I suppose there's nothing like airing out one's mind. But, Bobby's right.  |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
Gentlemen, John is NOT referring to himself he is tickling and enchanting you with his intelligence this is a poem about….. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili who named himself Koba after a character in a 19th century Georgian novel “The Patricide” by Alexander Kazbegi before he took on the name ... Stalin. His “friends” still called him Koba in their letter exchanges, (at least before he had most of them shot). Look Koba up on your search engines sorry (not sorry) but John is far from his demise |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. Thank you Helen Your light warms me this cold night. John . PS I'm not that smart. |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Oh, if Stalin said it, it must be all right. Bobby |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Takes me back to Chairman Mao---"Power flows from the barrel of a gun." But what is that power? To end things, I suppose, even a universe. Alas, this poem illumines the darkness, and makes it shine.I think, in my limited way, I understand this poem's meaning. art |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo, Chairman Mao and Stalin--nice guys. Any other words of wisdom from the boys? Bobby |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
I think that Bones understands my utter disdain for the likes of those brutes of men whose power is derived from the suppression of the human desire to fly free like eagles on the most cheerful of winds. art |
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turtle Senior Member
since 2009-01-23
Posts 548Harbor |
Sorry folks, It's not a matter of who the poem is about. It's about this site's policies. Though it is not up to me to enforce those policies...... I say, why push them? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :Our Rules In Summary The BIG Rules Personal attacks are absolutely forbidden! Posts depicting suicide as a solution to life will be removed! Posts advocating harm to a human being (including self-harm) will be removed! Adult Content (including profanity) should be posted only in our Adult forums! Sensationalistic violence in any forum will be removed!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /pip/guidelines/rules.html [This message has been edited by turtle (03-03-2009 01:56 AM).] |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Turtle, I hope you don't think I was making a personal attack on Chairman Mao and Stalin? Geez, I'd lose all standing in the party. Bobby [This message has been edited by Robert E. Jordan (03-03-2009 08:44 AM).] |
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turtle Senior Member
since 2009-01-23
Posts 548Harbor |
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