Feb 16, 2004 23:35
i'm a goat and i have a bridge to sell you
"It's interesting to speculate on the reasons that make men so anxious to debase themselves. As in that idea of feeling small before nature. It's not a bromide, it's practically an institution. Have you noticed how self-righteous a man sounds when he tells you about it? Look, he seems to say, I'm so glad to be a pygmy, that's how virtuous I am...It's as if they were smacking their lips in the sheer glee that their best is dust before the brute force of an earthquake. As if they were sprawling on all fours, rubbing their foreheads in the mud to the majesty of a hurricane. But that's not the spirit that leashed fire, steam, electricity, that crossed oceans in sailing sloops, that built airplanes and dams and skyscrapers. What is it they fear? What is it they hate so much, those who love to crawl? And why?
When I find the answer to that, I'll make my peace with the world" -Ayn Rand, 'The Fountainhead'
the catholic church is excommunicating any congressman who votes in favor of gay marriage.