in reply to s/TARKIN/WOLFOWITZ

As troubled as I am about American foreign policy, this sort of inflamatory rhetoric, posted anonymously no less, really doesn't belong here.


"The dead do not recognize context" -- Kai, Lexx

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Re^2: s/TARKIN/WOLFOWITZ
by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 27, 2003 at 02:43 UTC

      I can think of many, many possible subjects of poetry that would be reaped immediately, so the observation that it's supposed to be poetic gives very little solid justification for this kind of thing. If the poem in some way reflected the complexity of current world events (or perhaps if it were more interesting code) then I could see its worth, however, a simple-minded comparison of the US to "the Empire" is nothing but a troll, and we've seen quite enough of those recently.


      "The dead do not recognize context" -- Kai, Lexx
        If the poem in some way reflected the complexity of current world events (or perhaps if it were more interesting code)

        The quality of the code is reasonable grounds on which to base a decision on. The complexity of the issue it's addressing is not.