Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site teldata.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac From: tac@teldata.UUCP () Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Re: Re: How to fight Communism. - (nf) Message-ID: <403@teldata.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 16:23:35 EDT Article-I.D.: teldata.403 Posted: Wed Jun 20 16:23:35 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 07:57:45 EDT References: <1407@inmet.UUCP> Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA Lines: 37 , (sop to the blank line eaters--consider it a religious sacrifice) "inmet!Anonymous" writes: >> >> >> "Give me your tired, your poor, >> >> Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, >> >> The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, >> >> Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, >> >> I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" >> >> But no illegal aliens, please! I always find it remarkable how many people ask me to live up to a poem (ever heard of poetic license ?) written by someone else on a statue which was an unsolicited gift. Uncle Sam The noblest of ideals may not be practical. Plato tried (twice) to create his republic, and ended by renouncing it before he died (didn't teach you that when they taught you about Plato's Republic did they?). We, being human, cannot always live up to our ideals. So while I agree that the sentiments on the Statue are great and wish that they could be applied and adhered to, I disagree with quick quips of disdain for our current attitudes. Just maybe if we got rid of the social programs we could afford to open our borders again. From the (downtrodden--how else to stand on it?) Soapbox of Tom Condon {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac} Remember that "We the People" are Uncle Sam. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are those of everyone who matters, but not necessarily anyone you know, and most certainly not my employers!