Canadian novelist and politician
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::::And on the surface of the ancient home, they die in scores of wars and by legions of plagues,
and against the poets’ and prophets’ promises for unity born in fear of doomsday, they fight like
Tyrannosaurs raging and ripping the life from each other’s scaly necks while the comet smote the
firmament, and murdered the skies to doom them all.
You think this is what the gods want? What the gods won't punish?"
Great. One of those religious weirdos. "Gods this" and "punish that." At least in my mum's camp, I didn't have to listen to that crap. She used to laugh at people like that. "What good are the gods?" she'd say. "Don't be thanking them. I'm the one who got you this food.
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Much has been dissected from among the myths to explore the significance of the mortal endurance and experience of pain. Pain, we are told, purifies the body, expands the mind, prepares the novice for the tests of life and therefore for initiation into the clan, the sect, the tribe, the gang, the squadron, the priesthood, the academy, the coven, or the board. It is clear that such suppositions regarding physical or emotional pain are true; little more need be said on such matters.