[syndicate] \\ celebration of the human voice

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Fri Nov 3 22:45:15 CET 2006


in french touch, it says

"plutôt mourir à tes pieds
que vivre sur tes genoux."

outov
Abélar & Eloïse's Père Lachaise sensitiev spirit.

Le 3 nov. 06, à 19:54, yasir ~ a écrit :

>> "It is better to die on your feet
>> than to live on your knees."
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>> thing is most xyz very often confuse the 2
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>> > I've been on my feet for ages now and I'm still not dead
>> > anyone has been on their knees ? I would like to benefit from your
>> > experience
>> > and perhaps we can prove or disprove that phrase
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>> Telling it otherwise: may be post modern humanity has reached the 
>> strange
>> times of real danger to be on his/her feet?
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>> Telling it otherwise: may be we have reached the strange times of real
>> danger to be on our feet?
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>> On the other hand, he might be referring to a preferred style of
>> execution. If that's the case I don't have any direct experience but
>> Edison made a couple of short films on the subject and he might just 
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>> able to help. Here's a selection of people dying:
>> a) on their knees
>> b) standing up
>> c) a combination of the two
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>> http://ctgr.free.fr/IAPL/KnightScrubbers.htm
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> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\   Celebration of the Human Voice /4
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> Manfred Max-Neef, who lived in Uruguay over twenty years ago, told me
> what he most remembered : >> "The dogs barked sitting down and the
> people kept their word." <<
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> Then the military dictatorship restored order, forcing Uruguayans to
> lie or be silent. I don't know if the dogs then stood up to bark, but
> to keep your word was to keep nothing at all.
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> most humanity is on its knees.
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