Re: another bedtime in England
Subject: Re: another bedtime in England
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 11/3/10, 02:28
To: Emma Allan <emilieduchatelet8@gmail.com>

Joyous joy, all is well. I have tricked one of the nation's most pedigreed Evangelicals into a public debate, which will kick off with each of us agreeing to post a quote chosen by the other, and the entirety of the debate will be posted on both venues as well. I have already felt him out in a little skirmish and he is entirely by-the-numbers and easily corralled. Now I remember why I do what I do. It is for this. And here is the quote that he will be compelled to post on his influential Christian outlet (of course he will expect me to quote an atheist delivering some stupid bon mot, but instead I will quote the first proclamation made on behalf of modern Christianity after it emerged into its current form, made by the Emperor of the Roman Empire Theodosius I - the Edict of Thessalonica:

EMPERORS GRATIAN, VALENTINIAN AND THEODOSIUS AUGUSTI. EDICT TO THE PEOPLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
It is our desire that all the various nations which are subject to our Clemency and Moderation, should continue to profess that religion which was delivered to the Romans by the divine Apostle Peter, as it has been preserved by faithful tradition, and which is now professed by the Pontiff Damasus and by Peter, Bishop of Alexandria, a man of apostolic holiness. According to theapostolic teaching and the doctrine of the Gospel, let us believe in the one deity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in equal majesty and in a holy Trinity. We authorize the followers of this law to assume the title of Catholic Christians; but as for the others, since, in our judgment they are foolish madmen, we decree that they shall be branded with the ignominious name ofheretics, and shall not presume to give to their conventicles the name of churches. They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of the divine condemnation and in the second the punishment of our authority which in accordance with the will ofHeaven we shall decide to inflict.

That's what's going to appear on a major Christian website that also serves as a major node of the worst portion of American fascist Christian commentary. I wish I could conduct the entire debate on top of you.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh, sweetheart. I can't wait till you get here. I feel so jaded and I never even knew what the word meant until recently. The very concept of a flawed institution depresses me, and all I see are flawed institutions. I want to concentrate on you instead of things that hurt me merely by my examining them. I want to lay around and draw pictures.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Emma Allan <emilieduchatelet8@gmail.com> wrote:
and another night without you. You're lovely and gorgeous and sweet. Also very very VERY clever (and funny - I read your piece on Palin as Margaret Thatcher - that was genius Barrett - really witty and well executed, perfect. You're so talented. Then I found one about Jesus running for office, again utterly splendid in every respect) I'm actually really sort of honoured to know you - no seriously - before you collapse into guffaws - I am. I do think you're wonderful and its marvelous to be able to talk to you, like this. You've been through so much and still come out of it a brilliant person. I admire that. I admire you. And love you. And I LOVE this internet. X Emma X



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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302



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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302