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James

You are most welcome

Nina

[Psyche]

Hi James !
That was a long doorbell ring. Glad I made u laugh with my remarks about spermatozoides and such.... but I'm back to say that I still don't like the idea of arming the poor pheasants with machine guns, even metaphorically. It's not the poem that fails, it's the idea. We'll have to agree to disagree, I guess that's what makes a forum dynamic, yeah, yeah...
Trouble is, I don't believe in absolutes. Passive resistance has worked very well under certain circumstances and happens to be about the only effective weapon for the weak. If you can't or don't have arms to bear, then you use whatever method works, and passive resistance is one of them.  Ghandi, of course, is a prime example. I don't believe he wished to be a martyr, and anyhow he was shot by one of his own countrymen, not by a Briton.
On the other hand, other nations can and must defend themselves against monsters like Hitler. And rightly so, there's no avoiding it. The Battle of Britain must rate as about the most heroic recent landmark in history.
Whereas more recent events, such as arming other monsters like Sadam Hussein and then bombing the whole country of Iraq, just don't "click" with me. And most of Africa was armed by the West, and look at the mess they're in.

Going back to the pheasants, I'd like to think of them as part of the weak communities on this planet, so I'd also feel happier if they were to "bomb" hunters using alternative & effective methods, not the "eye for an eye, or tooth for a tooth" strategy. I don't feel comfortable with the idea of pheasants creating mass destruction with machine guns....how sad !! ¡This may sound funny, but I'm being dead serious.   :(

There would surely be no end to the violence, and we'd have, no doubt, an Animal Farm planet. Now I'm feeling depressed.

All the same, it's a great poem, you wizard, you !

Best, Psyche