Marie, Marie, Hold On Tigh
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uot;Becauseitisthatway.Youhavetodealwithwhatis.Withreality."
"Butwhydoesithavetobethatway?"HenryMackierepeated,whichisthetechniqueofthequestion,whichusedinthiswayisunanswerable.Ablushofangerandfrustrationcrossedthechurchmansfeatures(itprobablydidntregisteronyourTVscreen,Marie,butIwasthere,Isawit——itwasbeautiful).
"Thehumanconditionisafundamentaldatum,"theclericstated."Itisimmutable,fixedandchangeless.Tosayotherwise"
"Precisely,"HenryMackiesaid,"whyitmustbechallenged."
"But,"theclericsaid,"itisGodswill."
"Yes,"HenryMackiesaidsignificantly.
Thechurchmanthenretiredintohischurch,mutteringandshakinghishead.TherainhaddamagedoursignssomewhatbutthesloganswerestilllegibleandwehadextrasignscachedinEdwardAsherscaranyway.AnumberofinnocentscrossedthepicketloworshipincludingseveralwholookedasiftheymightbefromtheFBI.ThepicketshadrealizedinlayingtheirplansthedangerthattheymightbetakenforCommunists.ThiseventualitywasprovidedforbythemimeographedleafletswhichcarefullyexplainedthatthepicketswerenotCommunistsandcitedEdwardAshersandHowardEttlesArmyserviceincludingAshersCommendationRibbon."We,asyou,arelaw-abidingAmericancitizenswhosupporttheConstitutionandpaytaxes,"theleafletsays."Wearesimplyopposedtotheruthlesswayinwhichthehumanconditionhasbeenimposedonorganismswhichhavedonenothingtodeserveitandareunabletoescapeit.Whydoesithavetobethatway?"Theleafletgoesontodiscuss,insimplelanguage,thevariousunfortunateaspectsofthehumanconditionincludingdeath,unseemlyanddegradingbodilyfunctions,limitationsonhumanunderstanding,andthechimeraoflove.Theleafletconcludeswiththesectionheaded"WhatIsToBeDone?"whichHenryMackiesaysisafamousrevolutionarycatchwordandwhichoutlines,inclear,simplelanguage,HenryMackiesprogramforthereificationofthehumanconditionfromthegroundup.
ANegroladycameup,tookoneoftheleaflets,readitcarefullyandthensaid:"TheylooklikeCommuniststome!"EdwardAshercommentedthatnomatterhowclearlythingswereexplainedtothepeople,thepeoplealwayswantedtobelieveyouwereaCommunist.HesaidthatwhenhedemonstratedonceinMiamiagainstvivisectionofhelplessanimalshewasaccusedofbeingaNaziCommunistwhichwas,heexplained,acontradictioninterms.Hesaidladieswereusuallytheworst.
Bythenthelargecrowdthathadgatheredwhenthetelevisionmencamehaddriftedaway.ThepicketsthereforeshiftedthesiteofthedemonstrationtoRockefellerPlazainRockefellerCenterviaEdwardAsherscar.Hereweremanypeopleloafing,digestinglunchetc.andweusedthesparesignswhichhadnewmessagesincluding
WHYAREYOUSTANDING
WHEREYOUARESTANDING?
THESOULISNOT!
NOMORE
ART
CULTURE
LOVE
REMEMBERYOUAREDUST!
Therainhadstoppedandtheflowerssmelledmarvelouslyfine.Thepicketstookuppositionsneararestaurant(Iwishyoudbeenthere,Marie,becauseitremindedmeofsomething,somethingyousaidthatnightwewenttoBloomingdalesandboughtyournewcerise-coloredbathingsuit:"Thecoloranewbabyhas,"yousaid,andtheflowerswerelikethat,someofthem).Peoplewithcamerashangingaroundtheirneckstookpicturesofusasiftheyhadneverseenademonstrationbefore.ThepicketsremarkedamongthemselvesthatitwasfunnytothinkofthetouristswithpicturesofusdemonstratingintheirscrapbooksinCalifornia,Iowa,Michigan,peoplewedidntknowandwhodidntknowusorcareanythingaboutthedemonstrationor,forthatmatter,thehumanconditionitself,inwhichtheyweresosteepedthattheycouldntstandoffandlookatitandknowitforwhatitwas."Itsaparadigma
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