[Buddha-l] Beyond Hope

[Gad Horowitz]

Debs spent months in prison without finding any crazy mothers.  But Lusthaus
prefers to follow Pryor.  Well, you can't stop progress


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Lusthaus" <dlusthau at mailer.fsu.edu>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Beyond Hope


> > It's SO EASY for us righteous "liberals"--hey, we're "compassionate"
> > "buddhists too--to oppose the death penalty.  Whatever happened to the
> > movement for PRISON ABOLITION?  Eugene Debs:"While there is a soul in
> > prison, I am not free".  He did'nt say "innocent soul"
>
> Richard Pryor, after giving a performance in a prison and meeting the
> prisoners, said in one of his subsequent routines:
>
> "There are lots of crazy motherf***ers in there! (long pause; frightened
> look on his face) Thank God there are prisons!"
>
> Dan Lusthaus
>
>
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