Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

[marcus AT loyno.edu]

I think Bob has every right to raise the questions he does
(though not sure they warrant posting on this list), but I
think using WP as a reference point or touchstone for
verification of events and policies in the present
world--such as the decision to invade Iraq--is asking for
impossible.  My experience with Percy is that he was
predictable and unpredictable, always nuanced in ways that
caught me by surprise.  And the reason for this is that he
remained alert and ingtellectually (and spiritually) active
all the way to the end.

I think Percy probably would not see history an allegorical
figure.  "Will history agree...."  Obviously, yes and no for
a very long time.  Maybe forever.  Does "history" agree on
the Crusades?  Are you going to submit this question to
Southern Baptists?  Moslem scholars?

Other may have different opinions.

Marcus Smith
New Orleans

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> List,
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> Would Percy consider the present war in Iraq a waste of
> time or the beginning of something good?
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> Are we wasting lives and money on foolishness, or are we
> beginning the process of communication and community
> formation between disparate cultures that has since time
> immemorial begun with bloodshed?
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> Can Islam, Judaism and Christianity find common ground
> upon which we cooperate with each other, not kill each
> other?
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> I think Bush made the right decision. Mistakes, of course.
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> Will history agree that the effort and lives and injury
> and labor of our service members was worth it?
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>   Bob
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