[PEN-L:7750] Re: Re: RE: Re: Mao

[Rob Schaap <carob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, I see Shane has already made this point - I hadn't noticed the left-hand
thing.  How history misremembers, eh?

Cheers,
Rob.

>Some facts.  The "Goddess of Democracy" statue  differs from "Liberty" in
>that the torch was in the *left*, not *right* hand--an obviously
>intentional symbolism.  "Liberty,"  in any case is a *French* symbol,
>deriving from the Great Revolution, presented as a gift to the American
>people.  And, if Mr. Craven had ever listened to the frequent radio
>reportages from Tiananmen, he would have heard only one song, constantly
>repeated, in the background--no, not the "Starspangledbanner," the
>*Internationale*.
>
>Shane Mage
>
>"Thunderbolt steers all things."   Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
>