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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:11:32 -0500
>> >> I just heard, on National Public Radio 1/16/03 PM news show ("All Things >> >> Considered"?) about a world-wide reading, by women, of Lysistrata coming >up >> >> soon. Lysistrata is the ancient Greek "comedy" by Aristophanes in which >the >> >> women go on a sex strike until the men give up both war and control of a >> >> war-based economy. Anyone want to share more about this? >> >> Bobby >> >won't work. Most of the old war hawks are past the age where sex is >important to them. Maybe that is the problem :( One of the Senators from Michigan, Debbie Stabenow, noted that in the Vietnam War, roughly 28% of the on ground troops were married. In this present era, over 73% of the ground troops are married with families. Kathe | ||