The world is flat!

when i saw this book  at Diwan, i thought it was a fiction book..
 sort of like the Pratchett/Gaiman things i read :D..
 turns out its a collection of political essays! 
Anyway, this reminds me of a Suzanne Vega song called "The World before Columbus".

about this song, Vega said "The idea of the world before Columbus came because I have a cat at home, and this cat scratched my eye -just playing, and it became infected and I had to wear an eye-patch for about a week. The thing I noticed was that the world was really flat seeing the world that way. 
It struck me as funny and I was writing it down and I said the world was as flat as the world before Columbus."


read thru... and enjoy :)

If your love were taken from me
Every color would be black and white
It would be as flat as the world before Columbus
That's the day that I lose half my sight

If your life were taken from me
All the trees would freeze in this cold ground
It would be as cruel as the world before Columbus
Sail to the edge and I'd be there looking down

Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they never will have you
And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh
the worth of you so rare

If your love were taken from me
Every light that's bright would soon go dim
It would be as dark as the world before Columbus
Down the waterfall and I'd swim over the brim

Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they will never have you
And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh
the worth of you so rare