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$$$$$$$$$$$ hogz of entropy #217
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>> "Non-condition" <<
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by -> ANdz0oey
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my little brother sits listening, eyes-wide and innocent.
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i go on:
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"hey matthew, you know why josef stalin didn't win the nobel peace
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prize?"
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"why?"
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"'cause he was such a modest fucking guy. really. you know, they
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even tried dragging the poor fellow way up to a podium, so this group of
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wealthy and important guys could go and hand him over the statuette, and the
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cash prize, and whatever else they had for him. but when they haul him all
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the way the hell up to center stage, and there's a microphone on and
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everything...guess what happens?"
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"what?"
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"it's funny...stalin was like: 'oh, god, i simply do not deserve
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this. i just don't! and even though i'm such an ardent humanitarian and
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all, i just cannot accept the statuette, or the prize money, or anything
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else, for that matter. i'd like all of you committee members to just kindly
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pass everything on to someone who really is worthy of the honor.
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good-night, and thank you.' and that was that. and so the nomination went
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to some peace protester or something. but, you know, stalin really
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should've gotten it."
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my brother giggles. he thoroughly believes the entire story.
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"go do your homework," i tell him.
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he goes.
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i feel more depressed than alone. it's overwhelming.
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"matthew... hey matt?" i call into his room.
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"what?"
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"c'mere for a little bit... i want to talk."
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he slowly walks over.
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"alright, sit down."
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he immediately does.
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"ok, mmm, huh... alright, you know who jesus chri--i mean abraham
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lincoln was?" the poor kid wouldn't have any idea who jesus christ was.
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"yeah," matt answers. "he freed all of the niggers."
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"no... goddamnit matt, he freed the slaves. the slaves! not the
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niggers."
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matthew thinks a little. "i thought that was stalin."
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"no...no...nevermind about stalin, ok? lincoln, not stalin."
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"ok."
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"well, remember what lincoln said? you know, about love and all?"
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"no." matthew says softly.
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"well, alright, lincoln said...um...something like: 'do unto others
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as they'd do unto you.' you know, kind of like: 'be nice to everyone,' I
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guess.
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"uh-huh." extraordinarily, he has a faint recollection of the truth
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of my statement.
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I go on: "yeah, and what he said about the system...you know, the
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system? the government and everything? he said: 'fuck authority...fuck
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ignorance...fuck hatred...'"
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matthew giggles.
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"no, matt, i'm serious. completely. lincoln wanted everybody to
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love each other. he wrote down all of these great ideas..um, in the
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bible...the new testament...and they're so beautiful. they're wonderful,
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matt. maybe you'll read 'em some time.
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"but the main thing to remember, here, is that lincoln tried to tell
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the world about peace...and reform...but they didn't listen. they kind of
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yelled at him...and mocked him...and they ended up crucifying him. putting
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him on a cross. they just wouldn't listen to what he was trying to say.
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and it sucks. but, you've got to listen matt...really. ok? you
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listening?"
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"yeah."
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he doesn't understand... but he will.
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i'm going to tell him the same story tomorrow.
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* (c) HoE publications. HoE #217 -- written by ANdz0oey -- 3/19/98 *
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