Anyone who disagrees with me is inherently evil, and less than fully human.

[Richard Steele]

"Think as I think," said a man,
"Or you are abominably wicked;
You are a toad."

And after I had thought of it,
I said: "I will, then, be a toad."

Stephen Crane first published that poem
about 105 years ago.
I came across it somewhere around 1992.
Still rings just as true to me today.

Please discuss... generally.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Everything that needed to be said about that was, indeed, said 105 years ago.

[shenmue]

2. That's a big problem on this board....

...but I doubt it'll be solved anytime soon.

[TZ]

6. Well I think that explains the monster GD meta thread

A lot of people (me included) venting frustrations in a healthy and humorous way.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. What a crock of...

poetry. :evilgrin:

[Ian David]

4. Together we are toads.

I wonder if anyone will remember THAT reference.

[Richard Steele]

10. May the stoat/weasel hordes forever tremble at every mention of our name. nm

[damntexdem]

11. If I toad you once ...

I toad you a thousand times: give that poem an a-wart.

[Richard Steele]

17. And the award for, "Best lame pun I've heard all week" goes to...damntexdem!!!!

Here's yer pie:

[HereSince1628]

5. Unfortunately much of the world sings at the pond shore on dark nights

[uppityperson]

7. Stridently held opinion based on questionable pseudo-science but I'm right

not to start up again, but yes, too many people think that way. For me, I see a couple simple rules. Don't hurt people, don't hurt things, be part of the world. All else is just various ways to get to this same point.

[Richard Steele]

8. Crude cardboard sign saying "Will Kiss Princesses For Food".

You'd be amazed at how SELDOM princesses are able to distinguish
between toads and frogs these days.

I blame society, but I ain't complaining.

[TZ]

13. Too many toads to count!

I just got the "you must kiss a thousand toads to get a prince" lecture yesterday.....:eyes:

[damntexdem]

9. So, whatcha want to make of it?

[leftofthedial]

12. but the fact that someone disagrees with you

does not preclude them being inherently evil and less than fully human


we have that problem in this country.

[pampango]

16. Does not preclude, but does not require either. n/t

[leftofthedial]

18. repukes are inherently evil

and less than fully human

TRUE since 2003.

[H2O Man]

14. small toads ....

The old man
must have stopped our car
two dozen times to climb out
and gather into his hands
the small toads blinded
by our lights and leaping,
live drops of rain

The rain was falling
a mist about his white hair
and I kept saying
you can't save them all,
accept it, get back in
we've got places to go.

But, leathery hands full
of wet brown life,
knee deep in the summer
roaddside grass,
he just smiled and said
"they have places to go to
too"

-- Joseph Bruchac; Entering Onondaga

[Annces]

19. Very Nice poem!

I have a bear page now with some Iroquois stories. I almost added Bruchac, but decided on some others. It is hard to find the originals of the Iroquois stories because so many people translated them in flowery language.

[Richard Steele]

20. Very nice. I shall have to read more of that gentleman's work. nm

[porphyrian]

15. Lick me. - n/t

[Richard Steele]

21. Ooohh.....the colors. The colors. nm

[porphyrian]

23. Heh, heh. - n/t

[chemenger]

22. OooHhh, OooHhh, OooHhh, OooHhh,

say I while scratching my hairy ass.