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  • From: "Karl M. Terrell" <kterrell AT sheastokes.com>
  • To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 58, Issue 9
  • Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:58:52 -0700


What about the Inquisition?


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[mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of marcus AT loyno.edu
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 1:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 58, Issue 9

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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> Would Percy consider the present war in Iraq a waste of time or the
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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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