Tuesday, July 18, 2006
The Neopans
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Listen to us! You don’t know your history. Our plan is based on special reality transformed to art.
CITIZEN
But it’s all fucked up! People get up one morning and are dead by evening. And for ever-changing reasons! We’re an occupying army,like despised Germany in France. To the world,a lower and lower variety of shit!
President rules by divine right,his party rubber stamping everything. No balls!
And if you can have fewer than none,label you Democrat.
All lie to furnish their niches,but you’re the master.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Uh huh? You can’t remember things being worse I suppose? Well,History is long,my friend. Read Strauss,especially the concept of the NOBLE Lie. Holy Lie it should be called!
As a footnote,we’ll soon distribute pictures of Cheney where he doesn’t scowl--contrary to stereotype,we joke all the time.
CITIZEN
You’re crazy!
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Like a fox,my peasant friend.
CITIZEN
Peasant,huh? I guess you can’t,then,weave a circle round me thrice,and feed me honeydew, and the milk of paradise?
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Only those in the circle who totally subscribe. The beauty part–allow me to flick a tear away--is that you don’t have to in order to fight and die for our ideals.
CITIZEN
I’ll take a pass.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
We’re thinking of forbidding that at The Academy of Clouds.
CITIZEN
What you’ve enabled might result in terrorists rigging up atomic briefcases with Radio Shack Parts.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Then do what we do. Buy Radio Shack stock.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Listen to us! You don’t know your history. Our plan is based on special reality transformed to art.
CITIZEN
But it’s all fucked up! People get up one morning and are dead by evening. And for ever-changing reasons! We’re an occupying army,like despised Germany in France. To the world,a lower and lower variety of shit!
President rules by divine right,his party rubber stamping everything. No balls!
And if you can have fewer than none,label you Democrat.
All lie to furnish their niches,but you’re the master.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Uh huh? You can’t remember things being worse I suppose? Well,History is long,my friend. Read Strauss,especially the concept of the NOBLE Lie. Holy Lie it should be called!
As a footnote,we’ll soon distribute pictures of Cheney where he doesn’t scowl--contrary to stereotype,we joke all the time.
CITIZEN
You’re crazy!
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Like a fox,my peasant friend.
CITIZEN
Peasant,huh? I guess you can’t,then,weave a circle round me thrice,and feed me honeydew, and the milk of paradise?
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Only those in the circle who totally subscribe. The beauty part–allow me to flick a tear away--is that you don’t have to in order to fight and die for our ideals.
CITIZEN
I’ll take a pass.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
We’re thinking of forbidding that at The Academy of Clouds.
CITIZEN
What you’ve enabled might result in terrorists rigging up atomic briefcases with Radio Shack Parts.
NEO-PANGLOSSIAN
Then do what we do. Buy Radio Shack stock.
