Posted by verne on May 23, 2006, at 10:07:55
In reply to This thread - argh., posted by ClearSkies on May 23, 2006, at 9:17:47
Remember that movie, "Cool Hand Luke"? Luke's *time outs*, a night in the box, escapes, digging a hole for the Bossman, filling up the same hole for the Bossman, until he finally got his "mind right"?
Insert "civil" for getting one's "mind right", imagine Babble as a kind of camp like the one Luke was in (except the analogy collapses a bit when we consider Luke was in a prison camp and Babble doesn't try to keep anyone prisoner) Nevertheless...
The camp Luke found himself in had rules and punishment just like Babble. Again the analogy breaks down (crashes and burns really) when we consider that Dr Bob is nothing like the Bossman. Although, *some* may think his rules, like the Bossman's, are arbitrary and *crazy making*. How crazy making is digging a hole and filling it up again until you get your mind right?
And even though I've already whipped three dead horses back to life, made metaphors to mix unnaturally, and violated every kind of Logic (except Tarzan's), I push on with my *analogy*. Even stopped clocks tell time twice a day.
Actually, I don't know where I was going with this analogy. I can't count the times I've been reminded of this movie while participating at Babble. Perhaps, someone else can better explain the connection.
Verne
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