LL-L "Sayings" 2004.10.02 (03) [E]

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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Morphology

I wrote: "One of my favourite tag lines is "All roads lead to Damascus" but
since the First Gulf War it's likely to be misunderstood."

Andy asked: "Would that be the First Gulf War 1980-1988 Hussein V's Khomeini
or the First Gulf War 1991 Hussein V's Rest of the World?"

I decline to answer on the grounds that I don't know what the supplementary
will be. But I lean towards thinking that I probably meant since 1991,
assuming that's the right date. Since my thought was that if I didn't put in
this caveat someone would accuse me of supporting the invasion of Iraq I'm
pretty sure that that was it. I don't think "Damascus" would have had the
same resonance for an English-speaking audience earlier. Unless of course
you want to dredge up T E Lawrence and the betrayal of the Arabs in the
1920s.

John Feather CS johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

"All roads lead to Damascus but please see above"

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