I have to admit I did not understand that biblical quote myself. Well
maybe I understood the house divided part, but the divided against
itself as opposed to merely divided is a little iffy, and Satan divided
against Satan? Truth be known, and as I'm sure your ilk has long
suspected about my ilk, I rather like Satan, well in movies anyway. He
is always so cosmopolitan and witty, while the old priest, just a day
from retirement is always so kindly and boring. It's not even close.
I lost you again in the second paragraph where you took up it seems,
with some kind of discourse as to how many satans could dance on the
head of a pin like some scholastic monk. Could more satans than angels
dance on the head of a pin? I don't know, but I am sure they would be
the better dancers because they would have the better music.
But I agree with you on those pithy sayings. If you look at them once
they gleam with truth and relevance and brevity, but if you examine them
more closely they are like onto a crumbled up gum wrapper.
I suppose we could learn something about those Indians sticking together
through the lean years and relying on themselves and all, but probably
the most important thing we could take away is to hire a sharp lawyer.
Interesting about how those countries got along. The Russkies did help
the Chicoms in the early days, but I don't think the Chinese ever really
liked the Russkies. I think there is something in Marxism where it is
not just a country thing, it is a worldwide movement, and I think during
the Russian revolution there was a point where one side (Trotsky)
wanted worldwide and the other side (Stalin) wanted to look out for
Mother Russia.
But they sort of soft-pedaled it, I don't remember either side making
any bold declarations. I can see where someone might have thought they
were all in it together. The thing that always strikes me is that one
of the first things the newly minted commie country of Vietnam did was
go to war with Chicoms.
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