[ALSC-Forum] Thanks to Hilaire Belloc

[Joanna Lane]

> [mailto:owner-forum@www.atlargestudy.org]On Behalf Of Esther Dyson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:17 PM
>
> As Hilaire Belloc said:
> "Hold tightly to the hand of Nurse
> For fear of finding something worse!"
> 
> Esther

Physicians of the utmost fame
Were called at once, but when they came
They answered, as they took their fees,
'There is no cure for this disease.'

ICANN told such Dreadful lies,
It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes;
It's members, who, from earliest Youth,
Had kept a strict regard for truth,
Attempted to believe in it;
The effort very nearly killed them.

It is so very bad at heart,
Not only rather rude and wild;
It is an aggravating child.
We had intended it to be
Open, transparent and always free;
The stocks were sold; the Press was squared
The Middle Class was quite prepared.
But as it is!...My language fails!
Go out and govern "Save the Whales"!

The funeral sermon (which will be long
And followed by a sacred song)
Will mention virtues, it is true,
But dwell upon it's vices too.

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With apologies to
Hilaire Belloc

Joanna...:-)