Re: virus: "Freedom, give it to me."

Zloduska (kjseelna@students.wisc.edu)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:59:05 -0600

KMO wrote:

>Remember the scene in "Full Metal Jacket" in which the Marines were
>standing around the bodies of their fallen comrades trying to find the
>words that would give purpose to their deaths? Someone suggested that
>they died for "freedom."
>
>"Bullshit," said the burly machine-gunner. "If I'm gonna die for a word,
>my word is "poontang.""
>
>Level 1 or level 3?

Would I sound like too much of a sap if I said the only reasonable thing I can think of that's worth dying for is "Love"? An elevated form of "poontang", if you will...

Ironic...Love, which isn't reasonable at ALL!

~kjs