Re: [school-discuss] a little story

[Lincoln Peters <peters2000@mindspring.com>]

I'm not sure I follow you.  Exactly how does the Louisiana school system
compare to the Spanish Inquisition?

On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 22:11, mike eschman wrote:

[snip]

> Receiving bread from us, they will see clearly that we take the bread
> made by their hands from them, to give it to them, without any miracle.
> They will see that we do not change the stones to bread, but in truth
> they will be more thankful for taking it from our hands than for the
> bread itself! 
> 
> In Louisiana, the public school systems are a lot like that.
> 
> narrator : When the Inquisitor ceased speaking, he waited some time for his 
> Prisoner to answer him. The silence of Christ weighed down upon him. He saw 
> that the Prisoner had listened intently all the time, looking gently in his 
> face.  The old man longed for him to say something, however bitter and
> terrible. But Christ simply kissed him on his bloodless, aged lips. That was 
> all his answer. The old man shuddered. His lips moved. He went to the door, 
> opened it, and said go.
> 
> And the old man?
> 
> The kiss glows in his heart, but the old man adheres to his idea.
> 
> So ends a senseless poem, of a senseless student, who could never write 
> two lines of verse. 
> 
> There is a strength to endure everything.
> 
> The strength of baseness.
> 
> Everything is lawful.
> 
> To this day, my heart rings like a bell at the thought of that kiss.
> 
> mike eschman, plagarist.