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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: I am getting old, tho I don't want to.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:20:48 -0400 (EDT)
I am getting old, tho I don't want to. I am an American fighter in the Irak War, Sergeant Sang-sa. I am not a Sang-sa, I am a Chung-sa. Were you once a Pyong-chang? Yes, but then I was a Ha-sa. A Warrant officer or Chun-wi is not a warrant. Corporal Sang-tung-byong? That is not my name, but my rank. Are there other Sang-tung-byong? Yes, there are other Sang-tung-byong. That is all, Corporal Sang-tung-byong. Thank you, but Sang-tung-byong is not my name. Are you called Sang-tung-byong? Perhaps I am called Sang-tung-byong Corporal. Is Corporal your name? No, I do apologize, but Corporal is not my name. Were you an I-tung-byong, Private? I am not a Private, I am a Corporal. Is a Corporal a Private 1st class? No, a Corporal is not a Private 1st class, because a Corporal is Sang-tung-byong, and a Private 1st class is Il-tung-byong. Were you ever a Petty Officer? Il, I, Sam, Il, I, Sam. I am the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I am called Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-chang and I am in charge of everyone in America. Are you in charge of a Company Commander? I am in charge of a Company Commander, that is to say, a Chung-dae-chang, and a Chung-dae-chang and I have made a flank attack, that is to say, a ch'uk-myon kong-kyok in an offensive, that is to say, a kong-se. Did this occur during the hu-myon kong-kyok, that is to say a rear attack? As the Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-chang or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I made sure this occurred with the proper sa-gi or martial spirit when I made a rear attack during the hu-t'oe or withdrawal. Did you wear a helmet? As an American Join Chief of Staff Chairman, I wore a helmet or ch'ol-mo. Did you use a torpedo or o-roe? Of course I did not use the o-roe in a demilitarized zone or bi-mu-chang chi-dae. Did you not use the torpedo or o-roe during a chak-chon or operation? I did not and I did not have a torpedo or o-roe? You did not have a torpedo or o-roe? Not even the Ch'ong-sa-ryong-gwan or Commander-in-Chief has an o'roe? Not even the Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-Chang or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Not even the Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-Chang. Look, a rainbow or mu-ji-gae! ___