[lbo-talk] Not getting laid is the same as being oppressed

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 12 12:49:24 PDT 2007


On Oct 12, 2007, at 3:33 PM, Chris Brooke wrote:


> On 12/10/07 20:28, "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Ah, whatever happened to the spirit of Diderot, strangling the last
>> king with the entrails of the last priest?
>
> If Diderot ever said that, he was quoting Jean Meslier (1664-1729):
>
> "Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes
> souhaits, je
> voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du
> dernier
> prêtre."

Damn, you just can't trust the Internet.



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