Practice Opus Thread

[Lazamataz]

fhayek and I both noticed that the opuses that are being created lately, frankly, suck. We want to have this thread available so that people can practice their opuses, so when they finally leave Free Republic, they can do so with style.

[Roos_Girl]

It’s just not as satisfying when a girl has to ask for what she wants. I guess it’s for the best that you’re leaving.

[hoagy62]

I, too, would do my opus in a multi-media format.

(Warning:NSFW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJgyuAu6eo

[Stand Watch Listen]

I'VE BEEN PATIENT WITH FREE REPUBLIC. I'VE EVEN AVOIDED BEING DRAWN IN BY ITS PROVOCATIVE RHETORIC. BUT I'VE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH. BEFORE I BEGIN TALKING ABOUT !!!!! SPECIFICS, LET ME JUST MENTION THAT THERE'S A TIME TO KEEP SILENT AND A TIME TO SPEAK!!!!! . THERE'S A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO HATE. THERE'S A TIME FOR WAR AND A TIME FOR PEACE. AND, I MAINTAIN, THERE'S A TIME TO SHAPE A WORLD OF DIGNITY AND HARMONY, A WORLD OF JUSTICE, SOLIDARITY, LIBERTY, AND PROSPERITY. OR, TO PUT IT LESS POETICALLY, WE MUST ASSERT OURSELVES AS CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM AND KEEP OUR PRIORITIES IN CHECK. !!!!! BUT THE PROBLEMS WITH FREE REPUBLIC'S STANCES DON'T END THERE. FREE REPUBLIC'S SMEAR TACTICS SHOULD BE LABELED LIKE A PACK OF CIGARETTES. I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, “WARNING: IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT FREE REPUBLIC'S BARBS ARE INTENDED TO SUBJECT US TO THE SNAPPISH YAPPING OF BELLIGERENT LOSERS!!!!! PLEASE HUMOR ME FOR A MOMENT WHILE I STATE THAT FREE REPUBLIC FREQUENTLY INSISTS THAT SEPARATISM IS THE KEY TO WORLD PEACE. THIS LIE OF ITS CANNOT STAND THE LIGHT OF DAY, AND A FEW MINUTES' REFLECTION WILL SUFFICE TO SHOW HOW UTTERLY MYOPIC A LIE IT IS. NONETHELESS, I AM MORE THAN MERELY SURPRISED BY ITS WILLINGNESS TO VIOLATE THE BASIC TENETS OF JOURNALISM AND SCHOLARSHIP. I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED. AND, AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, FREE REPUBLIC WILL NOT BE PUNISHED FOR ITS ANGER. FREE REPUBLIC WILL BE PUNISHED BY ITS ANGER!!!!! THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT MAY BE PUNISHED FOR SUBORDINATING ALL SPHERES OF SOCIETY TO AN IDEOLOGICAL VISION OF ORGANIC COMMUNITY, BUT I AM TIRED OF HEARING OR READING THAT TRIBALISM IS A VIABLE AND VITAL OBJECTIVE FOR OUR NATION'S EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. FREE REPUBLIC'S JANISSARIES ARE A BUNCH OF DROOLING SIMPLETONS WHO PROSTATE THEMSELVES BEFORE THEIR BELOVED FREE REPUBLIC. I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT PERSONALLY. I REALIZE THAT STALINISM IS A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY, BUT DOES IT CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE THROWN IN OUR FACES? TO ASK THAT QUESTION ANOTHER WAY, DO SPLEENFUL HUCKSTERS LIKE FREE REPUBLIC'S SECRET AGENTS ACTUALLY HAVE LIVES, OR DO THEY EXIST SOLELY TO CONTROL YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, YOUR EMPLOYMENT, YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY, AND YOUR MIND? IT'S QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT UNMISTAKABLY GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT HOW FREE REPUBLIC CLAIMS TO HAVE SOLUTIONS TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS!!!!! USUALLY, THOUGH, THESE SUPPOSED SOLUTIONS RIDE ON THE BACKS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, POWERLESS, OR WHO DON'T HAVE THE CLOUT TO LAUNCH AN ALL-OUT IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK AGAINST THE FORCES OF VOYEURISM. IT'S THESE TYPES OF “SOLUTIONS”, THEREFORE, THAT DEMONSTRATE HOW GIVEN A CHOICE OF HAVING FREE REPUBLIC TEAR DOWN EVERYTHING THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE REGARDED AS A SUPPORT OF CULTURAL ELEVATION OR HAVING MY BICUSPIDS EXTRACTED SANS NOVOCAINE, I WOULD EMBRACE THE PLIERS, PURCHASE SOME POLIDENT PARTIALS, AND CALL IT A DAY. FREE REPUBLIC'S ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM SOCIETY HAS ITS OWN, PETTY SLOGAN. THAT SLOGAN IS, “PALLIATE AND EXCUSE THE ATROCITIES OF FREE REPUBLIC'S SECRET POLICE”. !!!!! WHAT THIS SLOGAN LACKS IN WIT, IT MAKES UP FOR IN ITS ABILITY TO SUBJECT US TO AN INTENSE BARRAGE OF MISINFORMATION, DECEPTION, AND HIDDEN PROPAGANDA. FREE REPUBLIC'S CAPILOTADES SHARE A NUMBER OF CHARACTERISTICS. THEY USE PSYCHOLOGICAL TOOLS TO TRICK US INTO DOING WHATEVER FREE REPUBLIC REQUIRES OF US. THEY PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE. AND THEY USE EVERY CONCEIVABLE FORM OF DIPLOMACY, DECEPTION, PRESSURE, COERCION, BRIBERY, TREASON, AND TERROR TO LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY OF PERPETUAL INDEBTEDNESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES!!!!! PUT TOGETHER, THESE CHARACTERISTICS IMPLY THAT FREE REPUBLIC BELIEVES THAT IT HAS A “SPECIAL” PERSPECTIVE ON REVISIONISM THAT CARRIES WITH IT A “SPECIAL” RIGHT TO CONSIGN OUR TRADITIONAL VALUES TO THE RUBBISH HEAP OF EXCLUSIONISM. THE REAL DAMAGE THAT THIS BELIEF CAUSES ACTUALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BELIEF ITSELF BUT WITH PSYCHOLOGY, HUMAN NATURE, AND THE SKILLFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION OF THAT NATURE BY FREE REPUBLIC AND ITS INARTICULATE GRUNTS. WHY IS FREE REPUBLIC CRUSHING NATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES OUT OF EXISTENCE AND SUBSTITUTING THE MALAPERT AND RASH MACHINERY OF COLLABORATIONISM? IT SAYS IT'S DOING IT FOR SOME WORTHY CAUSE. IN REALITY, FREE REPUBLIC IS DOING IT BECAUSE RELATIVE TO JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, SELF-PITYING PSYCHOPATHS ARE NEARLY TEN TIMES AS LIKELY TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A CHAMPION OF LIBERTY AND INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION. THIS IS NEITHER A COINCIDENCE NOR SIMPLY A SIGN OF THE TIMES!!!!! RATHER, IT REFLECTS A SOPHISTICATED, PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM DESIGNED BY FREE REPUBLIC TO USE ORGANIZED VIOLENCE TO SUPPRESS OPPOSITION. IF IT WERE UP TO ME, I WOULD CREATE A POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THE ZERO-SUM MODEL OF GROUP COMPETITION GIVES WAY TO COALITIONS AMONG GROUPS SO THAT THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE TOUGH ANSWERS. AT A MINIMUM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT FREE REPUBLIC IS DOING IS NOT AN INNOCENT, RECREATIONAL SORT OF THING!!!!! IT IS A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY; IT IS AN IMMORAL ACTIVITY; IT IS A SOCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITY; AND IT IS A PROFOUNDLY PIGHEADED ACTIVITY. FREE REPUBLIC CONSTANTLY INSISTS THAT ITS CONTRIVANCES PREVENT SMALLPOX. BUT IT CONTRADICTS ITSELF WHEN IT SAYS THAT IT KNOWS THE “RIGHT” WAY TO READ PLATO, MAIMONIDES, AND MACHIAVELLI. FREE REPUBLIC MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BLACKLIST ITS COMPETITORS AS TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERS OR TRAITORS. IT MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PAINT PICTURES OF DISRESPECTFUL WORLDS INHABITED BY CHOLERIC, SICK-MINDED UPSTARTS. BUT FREE REPUBLIC CROSSES THE LINE WHEN IT USES ITS BULLY PULPIT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS. FREE REPUBLIC SOMETIMES PUTS ITSELF IN CHARGE OF NUMBING THE PUBLIC TO THE CANNIBALISM AND INJUSTICE IN MAINSTREAM POLITICS. AT OTHER TIMES, ONE OF ITS EPIGONES IS DEPUTED FOR THE JOB. IN EITHER CASE, FREE REPUBLIC EXPECTS PEOPLE TO BOW AND SCRAPE BEFORE IT. BE PATIENT; I WON'T ASK YOU TO TAKE THAT ON FAITH!!!!! RATHER, I'LL PROVIDE IRREFRAGABLE PROOF THAT IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT FREE REPUBLIC'S DIATRIBES ARE HURTFUL AND HATEFUL AND SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED AT ANY INSTITUTION SUPPOSEDLY DEDICATED TO THE FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. I, IN TURN, INSIST THAT MOST MEMBERS OF OUR QUICK-FIX, SUGAR-RUSH, ATTENTION-DEFICIT SOCIETY ARE TOO IMPATIENT TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ENDING FREE REPUBLIC'S CONTROL OVER THE MINDS AND SOULS OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE. I WISH ONLY THAT A FEW MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT I CONTEND THAT THERE ARE IN FACT MANY PEOPLE WHO POSSESS THE INTELLIGENCE, WISDOM, TALENT, AND ABILITY TO FORCE FREE REPUBLIC INTO DESERVED BANKRUPTCY. MY GOAL IS TO LOCATE THOSE PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO HELP ME REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT FREE REPUBLIC'S MISSIVES!!!!! I USE SUCH LANGUAGE PURPOSEFULLY—AND SOMEWHAT SARDONICALLY—TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE CONTINUING MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT SOME TERMAGANT, VEXATIOUS RASCALS SEEM TO HAVE MERELY UNDERSCORE THIS POINT. WELL, THAT'S GETTING AWAY FROM MY MAIN TOPIC, WHICH IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF ILLEGAL OR BORDERLINE-ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. FOR FREE REPUBLIC AND ITS HABITUÉS, TAX EVASION AND FINANCIAL CHICANERY ARE SCARCELY OUTSIDE THE NORM. EVEN FINANCIAL FRAUD AND THIEVERY SEEM TO BE OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? NAILING PEOPLE TO TREES? I CAN SAY ONLY THAT FREE REPUBLIC IS THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT TURNS UP ITS NOSE AT PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME!!!!! . I GUESS THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST NOTION ABOUT THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER SUCH AS WHY IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR IT TO BRING UGLINESS AND NASTINESS INTO OUR LIVES. I CLAIM THAT FREE REPUBLIC WILL INDISPUTABLY MAKE PEOPLE WEAK AND DEPENDENT SOONER OR LATER!!!!! I BASE THIS CONFIDENT PREDICTION ON, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FACT THAT IF I THOUGHT THAT ITS HISTRIONICS HAD EVEN A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL OF DOING ANYTHING GOOD FOR ANYONE, THEN I WOULDN'T BE SO CRITICAL. AS THEY STAND, HOWEVER, I CAN CONCLUDE ONLY THAT IT IS TRULY NOT THE INTENTION OF HEAVEN TO LET FREE REPUBLIC CONVINCE MISINFORMED, PREDACEOUS PSYCHICS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO BETTER THEIR LOT IN LIFE BESIDES JOINING IT. NO JOKE. BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SHARE A COMMON, ALBEIT ABUSED, ATMOSPHERIC ENVELOPE, WE MUST SEEK LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND FRATERNITY. OUR CHILDREN DEPEND ON THAT. BY ITS OWN ADMISSION, FREE REPUBLIC IS FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT IT'S A WONDERFUL, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. !!!!! ITS BELIEF IS CONTROVERTED, HOWEVER, BY THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT FREE REPUBLIC ARGUES THAT IT DOES THE THINGS IT DOES “FOR THE CHILDREN”. I WISH I COULD SUGGEST SOME INCONTROVERTIBLE CHAIN OF APODICTIC REASONING THAT WOULD OVERCOME THIS ARGUMENT, BUT THE BEST I CAN DO IS THE FOLLOWING: SOCIETY MUST SOON DECIDE EITHER TO CHAMPION THE FORCE OF GOODNESS AGAINST THE GREED OF OBNOXIOUS, MUTINOUS SOOKS OR ELSE TO LET FREE REPUBLIC PLACE STUMBLING BLOCKS IN FRONT OF THOSE OF US WHO SEEK VALUE AND FULFILMENT IN OUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. THE DECISION IS ONE OF LIFE OR DEATH, PEACEFUL EXISTENCE OR PERPETUAL SOCIAL FEVER. I CAN HOPE ONLY THAT THOSE IN CHARGE REALIZE THAT FREE REPUBLIC CLAIMS THAT ITS VENTURES WILL UNIVERSALLY BENEFIT ALL MANKIND. IN REALITY, ITS VENTURES WILL BENEFIT ONLY THOSE INCONTINENT DINGBATS WHO PREACH FEAR AND IGNORANCE. AS I LIKE TO SAY, YOU CANNOT LINK ARMS UNDER A UNIVERSALIST BANNER WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR OWN NAME ON IT. BY THAT I MEAN THAT FREE REPUBLIC WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM MUST BE ABOLISHED IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO BE MORE SECURE AND COMFORTABLE. I HAVE ALREADY, FOR THE PRESENT AT LEAST, SUFFICIENTLY ANSWERED THE CLIMATIC PART OF THIS PROPOSITION AND HAVE ONLY TO ADD THAT FREE REPUBLIC SHOULD STOP BOMBARDING US WITH ITS POLITICALLY INCORRECT GLAIKERY. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE OPPOSITE OF POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS IS NOT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS BUT RATHER AN OBJECTIVE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE!!!!! AS WE ALL KNOW, MOST IMMORAL, WORTHLESS DWEEBS LACK ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM ARE FREE REPUBLIC'S ENEMIES. IT UNDERSTANDS THAT BY LIMITING EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT, IT CAN FOOL MORE PEOPLE INTO BELIEVING THAT IT ACTS IN THE NAME OF EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE!!!!! SADLY, THOSE WITH THE LEAST EDUCATION ARE THOSE WHO WOULD BENEFIT MOST FROM THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY TIME FREE REPUBLIC UTTERS OR WRITES A STATEMENT THAT SUPPORTS SCAPEGOATISM—EVEN INDIRECTLY—IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A MATTER OF “STRENGTH THROUGH ADVERSITY” BUT RATHER, “ENTITLEMENT THROUGH VICTIMIZATION”. I FEEL THAT WE MUSTN'T LET IT MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS, PARTLY BECAUSE IT WANTS TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY'S MORES SO THAT IT IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR TO SPOON-FEED US ITS PABULUM, BUT PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO WORM ITS WAY INTO EVERYTHING!!!!! . THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF PERCEPTION BUT OF CONCRETE, MATERIAL REALITY. FREE REPUBLIC SEEMS TO HAVE NO TROUBLE SWEET-TALKING SMALL-MINDED SVENGALIS INTO HELPING IT SCATTER ABOUT IN PROFUSION AN ABUNDANCE OF PRO-FREE REPUBLIC BELIEFS (AS I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT CALL THEM LOGICALLY REASONED ARGUMENTS). THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WON'T FIND IN YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER BECAUSE IT'S THE NEWS THAT JUST DOESN'T FIT. TO DENY THIS IS TO DENY SCIENCE, LET ALONE THE EVIDENCE OF ONE'S OWN POWERS OF OBSERVATION!!!!! NOW THAT'S A STRONG CONCLUSION TO DRAW JUST FROM THE EVIDENCE I'VE PRESENTED IN THIS LETTER SO LET ME CORROBORATE IT BY SAYING THAT IT'S IN FREE REPUBLIC'S BLOOD TO MISDIRECT, DISCREDIT, DISRUPT, AND OTHERWISE NEUTRALIZE ITS DETRACTORS. GIVEN THAT WE CANNOT ABSOLUTELY NULLIFY THE PRODIGALITY OF NATURE, TRY AS HARD AS WE MAY, I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT FREE REPUBLIC CONSISTENTLY FALLS SHORT OF TELLING THE WHOLE STORY OR OF MAKING A SOLID POINT. LET ME RECAP THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE IT REALLY IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT: I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN INDEPENDENT THINKER. I'M NOT INFLUENCED BY POPULAR TRENDS, THE MEDIA, OR EVEN SO-CALLED UNDISPUTED FACTS WHEN PARROTED BY OTHERS. MAYBE THAT STREAK OF INDEPENDENCE IS WHAT FIRST ENABLED ME TO SEE THAT FREE REPUBLIC IS DRIVING ME NUTS. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!! I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAVE SAID NARY A WORD ABOUT HOW THE LOCKSTEP IDEOLOGICAL CONFORMITY OF FREE REPUBLIC'S SYCOPHANTS, WHO ARE LEGION, AND THEIR MINDLESS PARROTING OF FREE REPUBLIC'S BENIGHTED CLICHES ABOUT ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM HAVE REACHED A LEVEL OF ABSURDITY HARDLY MATCHED BY ANY HISTORICAL EXAMPLE THAT COMES TO MIND. !!!!!!!!!!

[Kickass Conservative]

I came in Peace, I left in Pieces.

[dfwgator]

You know what really grinds my gears? This Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay Lohan with all those little outfits, jumping around there on stage, half-naked with your little outfits. Ya know? You’re a... You’re out there jumping around and I’m just sitting here with my beer. So, what am I supposed to do? What you want? You know, are we gonna go out? Is that what you’re trying to - why why are you leaping around there, throwing those things all up in my, over there in my face? What do you want, Lindsay? Tell me what you want? Well, I’ll tell you what you want, you want nothing. You want nothing. All right? Because we all know that no woman anywhere wants to have sex with anyone, and to titillate us with any thoughts otherwise is - is just bogus.

[DannyTN]

I was going to do an Amish opus, but it’s been done already.

[Chode]

there she is again...

[Shimmer1]

Here’s mine:

GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!!!!

(flushing sound)

[IAMNO1]

Once upon a time I’ll leave FR and live happily ever after. The end.

[Shimmer1]

Yeah. That’s true. grumbling. :(

[Heart-Rest]

"You should have pressed 2 when you got to that phone-menu option."

The problem is, the instruction to do that was given in English.   If our dear Mexican amigos could understand English, they could have simply pressed "1" when they got to that phone-menu option.    :-)

(Can you imagine a deaf, dumb, blind, and tactilely impaired person trying to use that phone system?   They wouldn't be able to hear the message, see the sign language, or feel the braille, so they would probably be denied the pleasure of reading your epic opus, but they wouldn't be able to complain about missing it either.)

[Shimmer1]

You know how they have those paragraphs with no vowels, or maybe no Es, whatever, and ask if you can read it anyway? Well, yours I can’t. FAIL!!!

[Shimmer1]

Alex Lifeson huh. My gosh, he’s cute!!! It would have been funny if he hadn’t gone on and on and on so long.

[Shimmer1]

You know, I was saying the SAME thing, just the other day!!

[Shimmer1]

No way!! The world canNOT end until after my birthday. Unlike most women, I love my birthday. Don’t even try to get out of it until after my birthday (in October)

[Shimmer1]

Sung in a sing songy voice: Somebody has tooooo much timmmmme on their hands!

[JoeProBono]

[NoLibZone]

˙puıɯ oʇ sǝɯoɔ ʇɐɥʇ ǝןdɯɐxǝ ןɐɔıɹoʇsıɥ ʎuɐ ʎq pǝɥɔʇɐɯ ʎןpɹɐɥ ʎʇıpɹnsqɐ ɟo ןǝʌǝן ɐ pǝɥɔɐǝɹ ǝʌɐɥ ɯsıuɐıɹɐʇuǝɯɥsıןqɐʇsǝsıpıʇuɐ ʇnoqɐ sǝɥɔıןɔ pǝʇɥbıuǝq s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɟo buıʇoɹɹɐd ssǝןpuıɯ ɹıǝɥʇ puɐ 'uoıbǝן ǝɹɐ oɥʍ 'sʇuɐɥdoɔʎs s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɟo ʎʇıɯɹoɟuoɔ ןɐɔıboןoǝpı dǝʇsʞɔoן ǝɥʇ ʍoɥ ʇnoqɐ pɹoʍ ɐ ʎɹɐu pıɐs ǝʌɐɥ ɐıpǝɯ ɯɐǝɹʇsuıɐɯ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ buıʎɐs ʎq ǝsoןɔ oʇ ǝʞıן pןnoʍ ı ¡ǝɹoɯʎuɐ ʇı ǝʞɐʇ ʇ,uɐɔ ı ˙sʇnu ǝɯ buıʌıɹp sı ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ǝǝs oʇ ǝɯ pǝןqɐuǝ ʇsɹıɟ ʇɐɥʍ sı ǝɔuǝpuǝdǝpuı ɟo ʞɐǝɹʇs ʇɐɥʇ ǝqʎɐɯ ˙sɹǝɥʇo ʎq pǝʇoɹɹɐd uǝɥʍ sʇɔɐɟ pǝʇndsıpun pǝןןɐɔ-os uǝʌǝ ɹo 'ɐıpǝɯ ǝɥʇ 'spuǝɹʇ ɹɐןndod ʎq pǝɔuǝnןɟuı ʇou ɯ,ı ˙ɹǝʞuıɥʇ ʇuǝpuǝdǝpuı uɐ uǝǝq sʎɐʍןɐ ǝʌɐɥ ı :ʇuɐʇɹodɯı ʎןıɹɐuıpɹoɐɹʇxǝ sı ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq noʎ ɹoɟ ʇɐɥʇ dɐɔǝɹ ǝɯ ʇǝן ˙ʇuıod pıןos ɐ buıʞɐɯ ɟo ɹo ʎɹoʇs ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ buıןןǝʇ ɟo ʇɹoɥs sןןɐɟ ʎןʇuǝʇsısuoɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ǝpnןɔuoɔ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ı pıɐɹɟɐ ɯ,ı 'ʎɐɯ ǝʍ sɐ pɹɐɥ sɐ ʎɹʇ 'ǝɹnʇɐu ɟo ʎʇıןɐbıpoɹd ǝɥʇ ʎɟıןןnu ʎןǝʇnןosqɐ ʇouuɐɔ ǝʍ ʇɐɥʇ uǝʌıb ˙sɹoʇɔɐɹʇǝp sʇı ǝzıןɐɹʇnǝu ǝsıʍɹǝɥʇo puɐ 'ʇdnɹsıp 'ʇıpǝɹɔsıp 'ʇɔǝɹıpsıɯ oʇ pooןq s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ uı s,ʇı ʇɐɥʇ buıʎɐs ʎq ʇı ǝʇɐɹoqoɹɹoɔ ǝɯ ʇǝן os ɹǝʇʇǝן sıɥʇ uı pǝʇuǝsǝɹd ǝʌ,ı ǝɔuǝpıʌǝ ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ʇsnظ ʍɐɹp oʇ uoısnןɔuoɔ buoɹʇs ɐ s,ʇɐɥʇ ʍou ˙uoıʇɐʌɹǝsqo ɟo sɹǝʍod uʍo s,ǝuo ɟo ǝɔuǝpıʌǝ ǝɥʇ ǝuoןɐ ʇǝן 'ǝɔuǝıɔs ʎuǝp oʇ sı sıɥʇ ʎuǝp oʇ ˙ʇıɟ ʇ,usǝop ʇsnظ ʇɐɥʇ sʍǝu ǝɥʇ s,ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝdɐdsʍǝu ןɐɔoן ɹnoʎ uı puıɟ ʇ,uoʍ noʎ buıɥʇǝɯos s,ʇɐɥʇ ˙(sʇuǝɯnbɹɐ pǝuosɐǝɹ ʎןןɐɔıboן ɯǝɥʇ ןןɐɔ ʇou ʎןuıɐʇɹǝɔ pןnoʍ ı sɐ) sɟǝıןǝq ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ-oɹd ɟo ǝɔuɐpunqɐ uɐ uoısnɟoɹd uı ʇnoqɐ ɹǝʇʇɐɔs ʇı buıdןǝɥ oʇuı sıןɐbuǝʌs pǝpuıɯ-ןןɐɯs buıʞןɐʇ-ʇǝǝʍs ǝןqnoɹʇ ou ǝʌɐɥ oʇ sɯǝǝs ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ʎʇıןɐǝɹ ןɐıɹǝʇɐɯ 'ǝʇǝɹɔuoɔ ɟo ʇnq uoıʇdǝɔɹǝd ɟo ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ɐ ʇou sı sıɥʇ ˙buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ oʇuı ʎɐʍ sʇı ɯɹoʍ oʇ buıʎɹʇ sʎɐʍןɐ sı ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq ʎןıɹɐɯıɹd ʇnq 'ɯnןnqɐd sʇı sn pǝǝɟ-uoods oʇ ɹoıʌɐɥǝq ǝןqɐʇdǝɔɔɐ pǝɹǝpısuoɔ sı ʇı ʇɐɥʇ os sǝɹoɯ s,ʎʇǝıɔos ɯɹoɟsuɐɹʇ oʇ sʇuɐʍ ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq ʎןʇɹɐd 'sʇuǝɯǝʇɐʇs ɥɔns ǝʞɐɯ ʇı ʇǝן ʇ,uʇsnɯ ǝʍ ʇɐɥʇ ןǝǝɟ ı ˙”uoıʇɐzıɯıʇɔıʌ ɥbnoɹɥʇ ʇuǝɯǝןʇıʇuǝ“ 'ɹǝɥʇɐɹ ʇnq ”ʎʇısɹǝʌpɐ ɥbnoɹɥʇ ɥʇbuǝɹʇs“ ɟo ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ɐ ʇou sı ʇuǝɯdoןǝʌǝp ɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ʇɐɥʇ ǝbɐssǝɯ ɐ spuǝs ʇı—ʎןʇɔǝɹıpuı uǝʌǝ—ɯsıʇɐobǝdɐɔs sʇɹoddns ʇɐɥʇ ʇuǝɯǝʇɐʇs ɐ sǝʇıɹʍ ɹo sɹǝʇʇn ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ǝɯıʇ ʎɹǝʌǝ ʇɐɥʇ ǝbpǝןʍouʞ ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ʇsoɯ ʇıɟǝuǝq pןnoʍ oɥʍ ǝsoɥʇ ǝɹɐ uoıʇɐɔnpǝ ʇsɐǝן ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ ǝsoɥʇ 'ʎןpɐs ˙ǝɔıʇsnظ ןɐıɔos puɐ ʎʇıןɐnbǝ ɟo ǝɯɐu ǝɥʇ uı sʇɔɐ ʇı ʇɐɥʇ buıʌǝıןǝq oʇuı ǝןdoǝd ǝɹoɯ ןooɟ uɐɔ ʇı 'ʇuǝɯuǝʇɥbıןuǝ puɐ uoıʇɐɔnpǝ buıʇıɯıן ʎq ʇɐɥʇ spuɐʇsɹǝpun ʇı ˙sǝıɯǝuǝ s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ǝɹɐ ɯopsıʍ puɐ ǝbpǝןʍouʞ ʍoɥ ʇnoqɐ ǝbpǝןʍouʞ ʎuɐ ʞɔɐן sqǝǝʍp ssǝןɥʇɹoʍ 'ןɐɹoɯɯı ʇsoɯ 'ʍouʞ ןןɐ ǝʍ sɐ ˙ǝbpǝןʍouʞ ɹoɟ ʇsǝnb ǝʌıʇɔǝظqo uɐ ɹǝɥʇɐɹ ʇnq ssǝuʇɔǝɹɹoɔ ןɐɔıʇıןod ʇou sı ssǝuʇɔǝɹɹoɔuı ןɐɔıʇıןod ɟo ǝʇısoddo ǝɥʇ 'ʇxǝʇuoɔ sıɥʇ uı ˙ʎɹǝʞıɐןb ʇɔǝɹɹoɔuı ʎןןɐɔıʇıןod sʇı ɥʇıʍ sn buıpɹɐqɯoq doʇs pןnoɥs ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ppɐ oʇ ʎןuo ǝʌɐɥ puɐ uoıʇısodoɹd sıɥʇ ɟo ʇɹɐd ɔıʇɐɯıןɔ ǝɥʇ pǝɹǝʍsuɐ ʎןʇuǝıɔıɟɟns 'ʇsɐǝן ʇɐ ʇuǝsǝɹd ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ 'ʎpɐǝɹןɐ ǝʌɐɥ ı ˙ǝןqɐʇɹoɟɯoɔ puɐ ǝɹnɔǝs ǝɹoɯ ǝq oʇ ǝןdoǝd ɹoɟ ɹǝpɹo uı pǝɥsıןoqɐ ǝq ʇsnɯ ɯopǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʌǝıןǝq noʎ ǝʌɐɥ pןnoʍ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ uɐǝɯ ı ʇɐɥʇ ʎq ˙ʇı uo ǝɯɐu uʍo ɹnoʎ puıɟ ʇ,uɐɔ noʎ uǝɥʍ ɹǝuuɐq ʇsıןɐsɹǝʌıun ɐ ɹǝpun sɯɹɐ ʞuıן ʇouuɐɔ noʎ 'ʎɐs oʇ ǝʞıן ı sɐ ˙ǝɔuɐɹoubı puɐ ɹɐǝɟ ɥɔɐǝɹd oɥʍ sʇɐqbuıp ʇuǝuıʇuoɔuı ǝsoɥʇ ʎןuo ʇıɟǝuǝq ןןıʍ sǝɹnʇuǝʌ sʇı 'ʎʇıןɐǝɹ uı ˙puıʞuɐɯ ןןɐ ʇıɟǝuǝq ʎןןɐsɹǝʌıun ןןıʍ sǝɹnʇuǝʌ sʇı ʇɐɥʇ sɯıɐןɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ǝzıןɐǝɹ ǝbɹɐɥɔ uı ǝsoɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ʎןuo ǝdoɥ uɐɔ ı ˙ɹǝʌǝɟ ןɐıɔos ןɐnʇǝdɹǝd ɹo ǝɔuǝʇsıxǝ ןnɟǝɔɐǝd 'ɥʇɐǝp ɹo ǝɟıן ɟo ǝuo sı uoısıɔǝp ǝɥʇ ˙sǝʌıן ןɐuoıssǝɟoɹd puɐ ןɐuosɹǝd ɹno uı ʇuǝɯןıɟןnɟ puɐ ǝnןɐʌ ʞǝǝs oɥʍ sn ɟo ǝsoɥʇ ɟo ʇuoɹɟ uı sʞɔoןq buıןqɯnʇs ǝɔɐןd ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇǝן oʇ ǝsןǝ ɹo sʞoos snouıʇnɯ 'snoıxouqo ɟo pǝǝɹb ǝɥʇ ʇsuıɐbɐ ssǝupoob ɟo ǝɔɹoɟ ǝɥʇ uoıdɯɐɥɔ oʇ ɹǝɥʇıǝ ǝpıɔǝp uoos ʇsnɯ ʎʇǝıɔos :buıʍoןןoɟ ǝɥʇ sı op uɐɔ ı ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ʇnq 'ʇuǝɯnbɹɐ sıɥʇ ǝɯoɔɹǝʌo pןnoʍ ʇɐɥʇ buıuosɐǝɹ ɔıʇɔıpodɐ ɟo uıɐɥɔ ǝןqıʇɹǝʌoɹʇuoɔuı ǝɯos ʇsǝbbns pןnoɔ ı ɥsıʍ ı ˙”uǝɹpןıɥɔ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ“ sǝop ʇı sbuıɥʇ ǝɥʇ sǝop ʇı ʇɐɥʇ sǝnbɹɐ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ buıʇɐɔıpuı ǝɔuǝpıʌǝ ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇɥbıǝʍ ǝɥʇ ʎq 'ɹǝʌǝʍoɥ 'pǝʇɹǝʌoɹʇuoɔ sı ɟǝıןǝq sʇı ˙uoıʇɐzıuɐbɹo ǝןqɐʇıɹɐɥɔ 'ןnɟɹǝpuoʍ ɐ s,ʇı ʇɐɥʇ pǝɔuıʌuoɔ ʎןɯɹıɟ sı ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ 'uoıssıɯpɐ uʍo sʇı ʎq ˙ʇɐɥʇ uo puǝdǝp uǝɹpןıɥɔ ɹno ˙ʎʇıuɹǝʇɐɹɟ puɐ 'ʎʇıןɐnbǝ 'ʎʇɹǝqıן ʞǝǝs ʇsnɯ ǝʍ 'ǝdoןǝʌuǝ ɔıɹǝɥdsoɯʇɐ 'pǝsnqɐ ʇıǝqןɐ 'uoɯɯoɔ ɐ ǝɹɐɥs oʇ ǝnuıʇuoɔ ǝʍ ǝsnɐɔǝq ˙ǝʞoظ ou ˙ʇı buıuıoظ sǝpısǝq ǝɟıן uı ʇoן ɹıǝɥʇ ɹǝʇʇǝq oʇ op uɐɔ ʎǝɥʇ buıɥʇou ʎןǝʇnןosqɐ sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ sɔıɥɔʎsd snoǝɔɐpǝɹd 'pǝɯɹoɟuısıɯ ǝɔuıʌuoɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇǝן oʇ uǝʌɐǝɥ ɟo uoıʇuǝʇuı ǝɥʇ ʇou ʎןnɹʇ sı ʇı ʇɐɥʇ ʎןuo ǝpnןɔuoɔ uɐɔ ı 'ɹǝʌǝʍoɥ 'puɐʇs ʎǝɥʇ sɐ ˙ןɐɔıʇıɹɔ os ǝq ʇ,upןnoʍ ı uǝɥʇ 'ǝuoʎuɐ ɹoɟ poob buıɥʇʎuɐ buıop ɟo ןןǝɥ uı ǝɔuɐɥɔ s,ןןɐqʍous ɐ uǝʌǝ pɐɥ sɔıuoıɹʇsıɥ sʇı ʇɐɥʇ ʇɥbnoɥʇ ı ɟı ʇɐɥʇ ʇɔɐɟ ǝɥʇ 'sbuıɥʇ ɹǝɥʇo buoɯɐ 'uo uoıʇɔıpǝɹd ʇuǝpıɟuoɔ sıɥʇ ǝsɐq ı ˙ɹǝʇɐן ɹo ɹǝuoos ʇuǝpuǝdǝp puɐ ʞɐǝʍ ǝןdoǝd ǝʞɐɯ ʎןqɐʇndsıpuı ןןıʍ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ɯıɐןɔ ı ˙sǝʌıן ɹno oʇuı ssǝuıʇsɐu puɐ ssǝuıןbn buıɹq oʇ ʇı ɹoɟ poob ǝq pןnoʍ ʇı ʎɥʍ sɐ ɥɔns ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ sbuıɥʇ ǝɥʇ ʇnoqɐ uoıʇou ʇsǝʇuıɐɟ ǝɥʇ ʇ,uǝʌɐɥ ǝʍ ǝsnɐɔǝq s,ʇɐɥʇ ssǝnb ı ˙ǝɯ puɐ noʎ ǝʞıן ǝןdoǝd ʇɐ ǝsou sʇı dn suɹnʇ ʇɐɥʇ uoıʇɐzıuɐbɹo ɟo ǝdʎʇ ǝɥʇ sı ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ʎןuo ʎɐs uɐɔ ı ¿sǝǝɹʇ oʇ ǝןdoǝd buıןıɐu ¿ʇxǝu s,ʇɐɥʍ ˙ʎɐʞo ǝq oʇ ɯǝǝs ʎɹǝʌǝıɥʇ puɐ pnɐɹɟ ןɐıɔuɐuıɟ uǝʌǝ ˙ɯɹou ǝɥʇ ǝpısʇno ʎןǝɔɹɐɔs ǝɹɐ ʎɹǝuɐɔıɥɔ ןɐıɔuɐuıɟ puɐ uoısɐʌǝ xɐʇ 'sénʇıqɐɥ sʇı puɐ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɹoɟ ˙sǝıʇıʌıʇɔɐ ןɐbǝןןı-ǝuıןɹǝpɹoq ɹo ןɐbǝןןı ɟo ɹǝqɯnu ɐ uı pǝʌןoʌuı ǝq oʇ sɯǝǝs ʇı ʇɐɥʇ sı ɥɔıɥʍ 'ɔıdoʇ uıɐɯ ʎɯ ɯoɹɟ ʎɐʍɐ buıʇʇǝb s,ʇɐɥʇ 'ןןǝʍ ˙ʇuıod sıɥʇ ǝɹoɔsɹǝpun ʎןǝɹǝɯ ǝʌɐɥ oʇ ɯǝǝs sןɐɔsɐɹ snoıʇɐxǝʌ 'ʇuɐbɐɯɹǝʇ ǝɯos ʇɐɥʇ sbuıpuɐʇsɹǝpunsıɯ buınuıʇuoɔ ǝɥʇ ʍoɥ ǝʇɐɹʇsnןןı oʇ—ʎןןɐɔıuopɹɐs ʇɐɥʍǝɯos puɐ—ʎןןnɟǝsodɹnd ǝbɐnbuɐן ɥɔns ǝsn ı ˙sǝʌıssıɯ s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇnoqɐ ɥʇnɹʇ ǝɥʇ ןɐǝʌǝɹ ǝɯ dןǝɥ oʇ ɯǝɥʇ ǝbɐɹnoɔuǝ puɐ ǝןdoǝd ǝsoɥʇ ǝʇɐɔoן oʇ sı ןɐob ʎɯ ˙ʎɔʇdnɹʞuɐq pǝʌɹǝsǝp oʇuı ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ǝɔɹoɟ oʇ ʎʇıןıqɐ puɐ 'ʇuǝןɐʇ 'ɯopsıʍ 'ǝɔuǝbıןןǝʇuı ǝɥʇ ssǝssod oɥʍ ǝןdoǝd ʎuɐɯ ʇɔɐɟ uı ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ puǝʇuoɔ ı ʇɐɥʇ ǝǝs pןnoɔ ǝןdoǝd ǝɹoɯ ʍǝɟ ɐ ʇɐɥʇ ʎןuo ɥsıʍ ı ˙ǝןdoǝd ssǝןʇunoɔ ɟo sןnos puɐ spuıɯ ǝɥʇ ɹǝʌo ןoɹʇuoɔ s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ buıpuǝ ɟo ǝɔuɐʇɹodɯı ǝɥʇ ǝzıןɐǝɹ oʇ ʇuǝıʇɐdɯı ooʇ ǝɹɐ ʎʇǝıɔos ʇıɔıɟǝp-uoıʇuǝʇʇɐ 'ɥsnɹ-ɹɐbns 'xıɟ-ʞɔınb ɹno ɟo sɹǝqɯǝɯ ʇsoɯ ʇɐɥʇ ʇsısuı 'uɹnʇ uı 'ı ˙sɐǝpı ɟo ǝbuɐɥɔxǝ ǝǝɹɟ ǝɥʇ oʇ pǝʇɐɔıpǝp ʎןpǝsoddns uoıʇnʇıʇsuı ʎuɐ ʇɐ pǝʇɐɹǝןoʇ ǝq ʇou pןnoɥs puɐ ןnɟǝʇɐɥ puɐ ןnɟʇɹnɥ ǝɹɐ sǝqıɹʇɐıp s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ pıɐs uǝǝq sɐɥ ʇı ʇɐɥʇ ɟooɹd ǝןqɐbɐɹɟǝɹɹı ǝpıʌoɹd ןן,ı 'ɹǝɥʇɐɹ ˙ɥʇıɐɟ uo ʇɐɥʇ ǝʞɐʇ oʇ noʎ ʞsɐ ʇ,uoʍ ı ؛ʇuǝıʇɐd ǝq ˙ʇı ǝɹoɟǝq ǝdɐɹɔs puɐ ʍoq oʇ ǝןdoǝd sʇɔǝdxǝ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ 'ǝsɐɔ ɹǝɥʇıǝ uı ˙qoظ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ pǝʇndǝp sı sǝuobıdǝ sʇı ɟo ǝuo 'sǝɯıʇ ɹǝɥʇo ʇɐ ˙sɔıʇıןod ɯɐǝɹʇsuıɐɯ uı ǝɔıʇsnظuı puɐ ɯsıןɐqıuuɐɔ ǝɥʇ oʇ ɔıןqnd ǝɥʇ buıqɯnu ɟo ǝbɹɐɥɔ uı ɟןǝsʇı sʇnd sǝɯıʇǝɯos ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ssǝɹboɹd ɟo ʎɐʍ ǝɥʇ uı puɐʇs oʇ ʇıdןnd ʎןןnq sʇı sǝsn ʇı uǝɥʍ ǝuıן ǝɥʇ sǝssoɹɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇnq ˙sʇɹɐʇsdn pǝpuıɯ-ʞɔıs 'ɔıɹǝןoɥɔ ʎq pǝʇıqɐɥuı spןɹoʍ ןnɟʇɔǝdsǝɹsıp ɟo sǝɹnʇɔıd ʇuıɐd oʇ ʇɥbıɹ ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʎɐɯ ʇı ˙sɹoʇıɐɹʇ ɹo sɹǝzıɥʇɐdɯʎs ʇsıɹoɹɹǝʇ sɐ sɹoʇıʇǝdɯoɔ sʇı ʇsıןʞɔɐןq oʇ ʇɥbıɹ ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʎɐɯ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ıןןǝʌɐıɥɔɐɯ puɐ 'sǝpıuoɯıɐɯ 'oʇɐןd pɐǝɹ oʇ ʎɐʍ ”ʇɥbıɹ“ ǝɥʇ sʍouʞ ʇı ʇɐɥʇ sʎɐs ʇı uǝɥʍ ɟןǝsʇı sʇɔıpɐɹʇuoɔ ʇı ʇnq ˙xodןןɐɯs ʇuǝʌǝɹd sǝɔuɐʌıɹʇuoɔ sʇı ʇɐɥʇ sʇsısuı ʎןʇuɐʇsuoɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ʎʇıʌıʇɔɐ pǝpɐǝɥbıd ʎןpunoɟoɹd ɐ sı ʇı puɐ ؛ʎʇıʌıʇɔɐ ǝʌıʇɔnɹʇsǝp ʎןןɐıɔos ɐ sı ʇı ؛ʎʇıʌıʇɔɐ ןɐɹoɯɯı uɐ sı ʇı ؛ʎʇıʌıʇɔɐ ןɐuıɯıɹɔ ɐ sı ʇı ˙buıɥʇ ɟo ʇɹos ןɐuoıʇɐǝɹɔǝɹ 'ʇuǝɔouuı uɐ ʇou sı buıop sı ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʍ ʇɐɥʇ ǝbpǝןʍouʞɔɐ ǝןdoǝd ǝɹoɯ ǝǝs oʇ ǝʞıן pןnoʍ ı 'ɯnɯıuıɯ ɐ ʇɐ ˙sɹǝʍsuɐ ɥbnoʇ ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ʎɐʍɐ ʎɥs ʇou puɐ suoıʇsǝnb ɥbnoʇ ǝɥʇ ʞsɐ oʇ ɹǝɥʇǝboʇ ʞɹoʍ uɐɔ ʎǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ os sdnoɹb buoɯɐ suoıʇıןɐoɔ oʇ ʎɐʍ sǝʌıb uoıʇıʇǝdɯoɔ dnoɹb ɟo ןǝpoɯ ɯns-oɹǝz ǝɥʇ ɥɔıɥʍ uı ǝɹǝɥdsoɯʇɐ ןɐɔıʇıןod ɐ ǝʇɐǝɹɔ pןnoʍ ı 'ǝɯ oʇ dn ǝɹǝʍ ʇı ɟı ˙uoıʇısoddo ssǝɹddns oʇ ǝɔuǝןoıʌ pǝzıuɐbɹo ǝsn oʇ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʎq pǝubısǝp ɯɐɹboɹd ǝɹɐɟɹɐʍ ןɐɔıboןoɥɔʎsd 'pǝʇɐɔıʇsıɥdos ɐ sʇɔǝןɟǝɹ ʇı 'ɹǝɥʇɐɹ ˙sǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ ɟo ubıs ɐ ʎןdɯıs ɹou ǝɔuǝpıɔuıoɔ ɐ ɹǝɥʇıǝu sı sıɥʇ ˙uoıssǝɹdxǝ ןɐnpıʌıpuı puɐ ʎʇɹǝqıן ɟo uoıdɯɐɥɔ ɐ sı ʇı ʇɐɥʇ ǝʌǝıןǝq oʇ ʎןǝʞıן sɐ sǝɯıʇ uǝʇ ʎןɹɐǝu ǝɹɐ sɥʇɐdoɥɔʎsd buıʎʇıd-ɟןǝs 'obɐ sɹɐǝʎ ʍǝɟ ɐ ʇsnظ oʇ ǝʌıʇɐןǝɹ ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇı buıop sı ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ 'ʎʇıןɐǝɹ uı ˙ǝsnɐɔ ʎɥʇɹoʍ ǝɯos ɹoɟ ʇı buıop s,ʇı sʎɐs ʇı ¿ɯsıuoıʇɐɹoqɐןןoɔ ɟo ʎɹǝuıɥɔɐɯ ɥsɐɹ puɐ ʇɹǝdɐןɐɯ ǝɥʇ buıʇnʇıʇsqns puɐ ǝɔuǝʇsıxǝ ɟo ʇno sǝnןɐʌ ןɐnʇıɹıds puɐ ןɐuoıʇɐu buıɥsnɹɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ sı ʎɥʍ ˙sʇunɹb ǝʇɐןnɔıʇɹɐuı sʇı puɐ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʎq ǝɹnʇɐu ʇɐɥʇ ɟo uoıʇɐןndıuɐɯ ןɐɔıboןoɥɔʎsd ןnɟןןıʞs ǝɥʇ puɐ 'ǝɹnʇɐu uɐɯnɥ 'ʎboןoɥɔʎsd ɥʇıʍ ʇnq ɟןǝsʇı ɟǝıןǝq ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ op oʇ buıɥʇou sɐɥ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ sǝsnɐɔ ɟǝıןǝq sıɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ǝbɐɯɐp ןɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ ˙ɯsıuoısnןɔxǝ ɟo dɐǝɥ ɥsıqqnɹ ǝɥʇ oʇ sǝnןɐʌ ןɐuoıʇıpɐɹʇ ɹno ubısuoɔ oʇ ʇɥbıɹ ”ןɐıɔǝds“ ɐ ʇı ɥʇıʍ sǝıɹɹɐɔ ʇɐɥʇ ɯsıuoısıʌǝɹ uo ǝʌıʇɔǝdsɹǝd ”ןɐıɔǝds“ ɐ sɐɥ ʇı ʇɐɥʇ sǝʌǝıןǝq ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ʎןdɯı sɔıʇsıɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ǝsǝɥʇ 'ɹǝɥʇǝboʇ ʇnd ˙sǝıɹʇunoɔ buıdoןǝʌǝp uı ssǝupǝʇqǝpuı ןɐnʇǝdɹǝd ɟo ʎɔɐbǝן ɐ puıɥǝq ǝʌɐǝן oʇ ɹoɹɹǝʇ puɐ 'uosɐǝɹʇ 'ʎɹǝqıɹq 'uoıɔɹǝoɔ 'ǝɹnssǝɹd 'uoıʇdǝɔǝp 'ʎɔɐɯoןdıp ɟo ɯɹoɟ ǝןqɐʌıǝɔuoɔ ʎɹǝʌǝ ǝsn ʎǝɥʇ puɐ ˙ǝɔıʇsnظ ɟo ǝsɹnoɔ ǝɥʇ ʇɹǝʌɹǝd ʎǝɥʇ ˙sn ɟo sǝɹınbǝɹ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɹǝʌǝʇɐɥʍ buıop oʇuı sn ʞɔıɹʇ oʇ sןooʇ ןɐɔıboןoɥɔʎsd ǝsn ʎǝɥʇ ˙sɔıʇsıɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɟo ɹǝqɯnu ɐ ǝɹɐɥs sǝpɐʇoןıdɐɔ s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ɐpuɐbɐdoɹd uǝppıɥ puɐ 'uoıʇdǝɔǝp 'uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuısıɯ ɟo ǝbɐɹɹɐq ǝsuǝʇuı uɐ oʇ sn ʇɔǝظqns oʇ ʎʇıןıqɐ sʇı uı ɹoɟ dn sǝʞɐɯ ʇı 'ʇıʍ uı sʞɔɐן uɐboןs sıɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ˙”ǝɔıןod ʇǝɹɔǝs s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɟo sǝıʇıɔoɹʇɐ ǝɥʇ ǝsnɔxǝ puɐ ǝʇɐıןןɐd“ 'sı uɐboןs ʇɐɥʇ ˙uɐboןs ʎʇʇǝd 'uʍo sʇı sɐɥ ʎʇǝıɔos ɯsıןɐnʇɔǝןןǝʇuı-ıʇuɐ s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ʎɐp ɐ ʇı ןןɐɔ puɐ 'sןɐıʇɹɐd ʇuǝpıןod ǝɯos ǝsɐɥɔɹnd 'sɹǝıןd ǝɥʇ ǝɔɐɹqɯǝ pןnoʍ ı 'ǝuıɐɔoʌou suɐs pǝʇɔɐɹʇxǝ spıdsnɔıq ʎɯ buıʌɐɥ ɹo uoıʇɐʌǝןǝ ןɐɹnʇןnɔ ɟo ʇɹoddns ɐ sɐ pǝpɹɐbǝɹ ǝq ʎןqıssod uɐɔ ʇɐɥʇ buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ uʍop ɹɐǝʇ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ buıʌɐɥ ɟo ǝɔıoɥɔ ɐ uǝʌıb ʍoɥ ǝʇɐɹʇsuoɯǝp ʇɐɥʇ 'ǝɹoɟǝɹǝɥʇ '”suoıʇnןos“ ɟo sǝdʎʇ ǝsǝɥʇ s,ʇı ˙ɯsıɹnǝʎoʌ ɟo sǝɔɹoɟ ǝɥʇ ʇsuıɐbɐ ʞɔɐʇʇɐ ןɐɔıboןoǝpı ʇno-ןןɐ uɐ ɥɔunɐן oʇ ʇnoןɔ ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʇ,uop oɥʍ ɹo 'ssǝןɹǝʍod 'ɹood ǝɹɐ oɥʍ ǝןdoǝd ɟo sʞɔɐq ǝɥʇ uo ǝpıɹ suoıʇnןos pǝsoddns ǝsǝɥʇ 'ɥbnoɥʇ 'ʎןןɐnsn ˙sɯǝןqoɹd ɹno ɟo ןןɐ oʇ suoıʇnןos ǝʌɐɥ oʇ sɯıɐןɔ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʍoɥ ʇnoqɐ buıʞuıɥʇ ǝןdoǝd ʇǝb ʎןqɐʞɐʇsıɯun ʇɐɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʞıן suoıʇsǝnb s,ʇı ¿puıɯ ɹnoʎ puɐ 'ʎʇǝɟɐs ןɐuosɹǝd ɹnoʎ 'ʇuǝɯʎoןdɯǝ ɹnoʎ 'ʇunoɔɔɐ ʞuɐq ɹnoʎ ןoɹʇuoɔ oʇ ʎןǝןos ʇsıxǝ ʎǝɥʇ op ɹo 'sǝʌıן ǝʌɐɥ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ sʇuǝbɐ ʇǝɹɔǝs s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ǝʞıן sɹǝʇsʞɔnɥ ןnɟuǝǝןds op 'ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇouɐ uoıʇsǝnb ʇɐɥʇ ʞsɐ oʇ ¿sǝɔɐɟ ɹno uı uʍoɹɥʇ ǝq oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʎןʇuɐʇsuoɔ ʇı sǝop ʇnq 'ʎʇǝıɔos ɹno uı ɯǝןqoɹd snopuǝɯǝɹʇ ɐ sı ɯsıuıןɐʇs ʇɐɥʇ ǝzıןɐǝɹ ı ˙ʎןןɐuosɹǝd ʇɐɥʇ pǝɔuǝıɹǝdxǝ ǝʌɐɥ ı ǝsnɐɔǝq ʍouʞ ı ˙ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ pǝʌoןǝq ɹıǝɥʇ ǝɹoɟǝq sǝʌןǝsɯǝɥʇ ǝʇɐʇsoɹd oɥʍ suoʇǝןdɯıs buıןooɹp ɟo ɥɔunq ɐ ǝɹɐ sǝıɹɐssıuɐظ s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ǝnɹʇ ʇou ʎןdɯıs sı ʇɐɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ʍouʞ noʎ ˙suoıʇnʇıʇsuı ןɐuoıʇɐɔnpǝ s,uoıʇɐu ɹno ɹoɟ ǝʌıʇɔǝظqo ןɐʇıʌ puɐ ǝןqɐıʌ ɐ sı ɯsıןɐqıɹʇ ʇɐɥʇ buıpɐǝɹ ɹo buıɹɐǝɥ ɟo pǝɹıʇ ɯɐ ı ʇnq 'ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ɔıuɐbɹo ɟo uoısıʌ ןɐɔıboןoǝpı uɐ oʇ ʎʇǝıɔos ɟo sǝɹǝɥds ןןɐ buıʇɐuıpɹoqns ɹoɟ pǝɥsıund ǝq ʎɐɯ ʇı ʇɐɥʇ ʎʇıןıqıssod ǝɥʇ osןɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ˙ɹǝbuɐ sʇı ʎq pǝɥsıund ǝq ןןıʍ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ɹǝbuɐ sʇı ɹoɟ pǝɥsıund ǝq ʇou ןןıʍ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ 'ɥbnouǝ ʇ,uǝɹǝʍ ʇɐɥʇ ɟı sɐ 'puɐ ˙pǝʞɔoɥs 'pǝʞɔoɥs ɯ,ı ˙dıɥsɹɐןoɥɔs puɐ ɯsıןɐuɹnoظ ɟo sʇǝuǝʇ ɔısɐq ǝɥʇ ǝʇɐןoıʌ oʇ ssǝubuıןןıʍ sʇı ʎq pǝsıɹdɹns ʎןǝɹǝɯ uɐɥʇ ǝɹoɯ ɯɐ ı 'ssǝןǝɥʇǝuou ˙sı ʇı ǝıן ɐ ɔıdoʎɯ ʎןɹǝʇʇn ʍoɥ ʍoɥs oʇ ǝɔıɟɟns ןןıʍ uoıʇɔǝןɟǝɹ ,sǝʇnuıɯ ʍǝɟ ɐ puɐ 'ʎɐp ɟo ʇɥbıן ǝɥʇ puɐʇs ʇouuɐɔ sʇı ɟo ǝıן sıɥʇ ˙ǝɔɐǝd pןɹoʍ oʇ ʎǝʞ ǝɥʇ sı ɯsıʇɐɹɐdǝs ʇɐɥʇ sʇsısuı ʎןʇuǝnbǝɹɟ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʇɐʇs ı ǝןıɥʍ ʇuǝɯoɯ ɐ ɹoɟ ǝɯ ɹoɯnɥ ǝsɐǝןd ”˙sɹǝsoן ʇuǝɹǝbıןןǝq ɟo buıddɐʎ ɥsıddɐus ǝɥʇ oʇ sn ʇɔǝظqns oʇ pǝpuǝʇuı ǝɹɐ sqɹɐq s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ʇɐɥʇ pǝuıɯɹǝʇǝp uǝǝq sɐɥ ʇı :buıuɹɐʍ“ 'ɟo sǝuıן ǝɥʇ buoןɐ buıɥʇǝɯos ɟo buıʞuıɥʇ ɯ,ı ˙sǝʇʇǝɹɐbıɔ ɟo ʞɔɐd ɐ ǝʞıן pǝןǝqɐן ǝq pןnoɥs sɔıʇɔɐʇ ɹɐǝɯs s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ˙ǝɹǝɥʇ puǝ ʇ,uop sǝɔuɐʇs s,ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɥʇıʍ sɯǝןqoɹd ǝɥʇ ʇnq ˙ʞɔǝɥɔ uı sǝıʇıɹoıɹd ɹno dǝǝʞ puɐ ɯopǝǝɹɟ ɟo suoıdɯɐɥɔ sɐ sǝʌןǝsɹno ʇɹǝssɐ ʇsnɯ ǝʍ 'ʎןןɐɔıʇǝod ssǝן ʇı ʇnd oʇ 'ɹo ˙ʎʇıɹǝdsoɹd puɐ 'ʎʇɹǝqıן 'ʎʇıɹɐpıןos 'ǝɔıʇsnظ ɟo pןɹoʍ ɐ 'ʎuoɯɹɐɥ puɐ ʎʇıubıp ɟo pןɹoʍ ɐ ǝdɐɥs oʇ ǝɯıʇ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ 'uıɐʇuıɐɯ ı 'puɐ ˙ǝɔɐǝd ɹoɟ ǝɯıʇ ɐ puɐ ɹɐʍ ɹoɟ ǝɯıʇ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ˙ǝʇɐɥ oʇ ǝɯıʇ ɐ puɐ ǝʌoן oʇ ǝɯıʇ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ˙ʞɐǝds oʇ ǝɯıʇ ɐ puɐ ʇuǝןıs dǝǝʞ oʇ ǝɯıʇ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ uoıʇuǝɯ ʇsnظ ǝɯ ʇǝן 'sɔıɟıɔǝds ʇnoqɐ buıʞןɐʇ uıbǝq ı ǝɹoɟǝq ˙ɥbnouǝ pɐɥ ʎןןɐuıɟ ǝʌ,ı ʇnq ˙ɔıɹoʇǝɥɹ ǝʌıʇɐɔoʌoɹd sʇı ʎq uı uʍɐɹp buıǝq pǝpıoʌɐ uǝʌǝ ǝʌ,ı ˙ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ ɥʇıʍ ʇuǝıʇɐd uǝǝq ǝʌ,ı

[Shimmer1]

Julie, I just called another FReeper to tell him the same thing! (not that my husband had just had double bypass surgery, the other part, about laughing)

I’ve got tears, laughing tears, running down my face!

[Cold Heat]

Before I begin talking about specifics, let me just mention that there's a time to keep silent and a time to speak. There's a time to love and a time to hate. There's a time for war and a time for peace.

There is a song in there somewhere....lol