Saturday, December 23, 2006
Shorter Pat Conroy*
"I regret my failure to fight in a flawed, stupid, and corrupt war."
Even Shorter Pat Conroy:
"I wish I had killed some gooks when I had the chance."
Seriously, this Pat Conroy essay makes me glad that I never got around to reading any of his novels (let's say I had "other priorities").
But I can't argue with this:
I too revere words like "the" and "to." Imagine if they didn't exist. We'd all be talking like Tarzan: "I go store now."
*"Shorter" concept stolen from busybusybusy.
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"I regret my failure to fight in a flawed, stupid, and corrupt war."
Even Shorter Pat Conroy:
"I wish I had killed some gooks when I had the chance."
Seriously, this Pat Conroy essay makes me glad that I never got around to reading any of his novels (let's say I had "other priorities").
But I can't argue with this:
"I now revere words like democracy, freedom, the right to vote, and the grandeur of the extraordinary vision of the founding fathers."
I too revere words like "the" and "to." Imagine if they didn't exist. We'd all be talking like Tarzan: "I go store now."
*"Shorter" concept stolen from busybusybusy.
