Lucius said:
>Hey, you'll be happy to know that I took down that misguided essay about
>the
>>real agenda of the Subgenius Foundation. Now I have a brand new one at
>the
>>same address. If you have a bit of time to read it, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
>From: "Rev. Ivan Stang" <i.stang@subgenius.com>
>Well, you would have to tell me the URL, first. No offense, but I can't remember which "misguided essay about the real agenda of the SubGenius Foundation" you're refering to, since there have been quite a few, all of them mutually contradictory (now I wonder why that is!) Sometimes I get the impression that certain folks just can't take a joke -- much less tell one. I certainly wish it was easier to SELL one.
>Are you the person that deduced that we actually DIDN'T believe in magic, ghosts, spooks, omens, portents, necromancy, astrology, Mystic Soul Travel (TM) and Get Rich Quick Schemes, but were (SECRETLY!!) just a gaggle of fun-loving scientific rational humanists that like to throw surreal parties, launch amateur rockets, sell Dobbs Wisdom and geek out? Man, I gotta hand it to ya, the Secret Service, Eckankar and the FBI had to PAY guys to figure THAT one out. (The IRS could have set 'em all straight from day one.) Yep, just clowns, trapped, milling about here in the Mud Plane, ignoring the Higher Realms that lie just beyond our apish grasp. And not even making THAT much money at it. Bummer! But, what ya gonna do. Primates Will Be Primates. What is the Law? We Are Not Men!
>1st Stangian Orthodox MegaFisTemple Lodge of the Wrath of Dobbs Yeti, Resurrected
Dude, I'm humbled in the shadow of your superb wit.. now I realize what a dunce I've been about you guys! I'm afraid I wasn't totally straight with you: the essay I wrote is a critical one. Still, I figure the "Church" is REALLY about having an open mind, so you're not the kind of people to just say "I don't wanna deal with that" when you come across ideas which contradict your own. No, you have found a better way; you look it over, cut it up, and paste whatever bits you can satirize into your "rationalist" metanarrative.
Oh, gee, I did it again, didn't I? I guess I'm one of those people who REALLY rants--like, I take stuff seriously but haven't realized the mind-expanding effect of buffering it all with spiteful jest. Talk about elitism--I'm "too good" to be in the ultimate club. I guess I'm just a hypoctite...
Oh yeah, just in case you'll really be moved by what I've written, the address for that essay is:
http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/7082/subgenius.html
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