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From: nrossi@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Nick Rossi)
Newsgroups: trial.talk.politics.peace
Subject: Re: Quotation search: "He who delights in the killing of men..."
Message-ID: <10735@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 9 Feb 91 19:18:56 GMT
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In article <1991Feb9.021220.21005@Neon.Stanford.EDU> proberts@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Paul Roberts) writes:
>Trying to track down a quotation/poem, reportedly by "Lao Tse, 3rd c. BC" 
>(but Lao Tse was 6th BC), it goes something like:

>	"He who delights in the killing of men
>	 [will never come to any good]"

>Heard it mentioned today on NPR in connection with all those just super
>laser-guided things we have for killing people. Anyone recognize it?


I suspect that this quote applies quite well to many of the folks running
this war... you have to wonder when general whats-his-name has the entire
press room laughing while he is showing the footage of bombs hitting their
targets.

Nick