Joy of Sectarianism, or the Path of the Righteous Man (was Re: The anthropic principle & Rakesh)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Dennis wrote:
>Well, it's quite simple, really: anyone who comes out and says, over and
>over again, that "I'm a Marxist", instead of debating the issues, is
>obviously not one. It's not really about Marxism, it's about dialectics,
>the thought-mode endemic to this crazy economic system we live in called
>capitalism, which means thinking through social contradictions instead of
>loudly proclaiming that "I'm right and you all are wrong".

JULES:

                       There's a passage I got memorized.

                       Ezekiel 25:17.  "The path of the

                       righteous man is beset on all sides

                       by the inequities of the selfish

                       and the tyranny of evil men.

                       Blessed is he who, in the name of

                       charity and good will, shepherds

                       the weak through the valley of the

                       darkness.  For he is truly his

                       brother's keeper and the finder of

                       lost children.

                       And I will strike down upon thee

                       with great vengeance and furious

                       anger those who attempt to poison

                       and destroy my brothers.  And you

                       will know I am the Lord when I lay

                       my vengeance upon you."  I been

                       sayin' that shit for years.  And if

                       you ever heard it, it meant your

                       ass.  I never really questioned

                       what it meant.  I thought it was

                       just a cold-blooded thing to say to

                       a motherfucker 'fore you popped a

                       cap in his ass.  But I saw some

                       shit this mornin' made me think

                       twice.  Now I'm thinkin', it could

                       mean you're the evil man.  And I'm

                       the righteous man.  And Mr. .45

                       here, he's the shepherd protecting

                       my righteous ass in the valley of

                       darkness.  Or it could be you're

                       the righteous man and I'm the

                       shepherd and it's the world that's

                       evil and selfish.  I'd like that.

                       But that shit ain't the truth.  The

                       truth is you're the weak.  And I'm

                       the tyranny of evil men.  But I'm

                       tryin'.  I'm tryin' real hard to be

                       a shepherd.

Yoshie