'We few, we happy few'

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"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

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I got Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.com to mention something on his blog today. Specifically, Harry's Place's fight against creeping censorship.

It's not something that happens every day. The stakes are high. Glenn gets zillions of requests per minute to plug any number of causes. That he chose the cause of Harry's Place -- and, more specifically, the blogburst movement in support of it -- is big.

Am I going over the top with the St. Crispin's Day analogy? Probably. But no other suffices.

I love placing hyperbole in the service of an immediate need. And I like to think The Bard would approve.

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FLASH!

Here's the text of an e-mail Glenn himself sent me just tonight:

"Thanks! Please keep up the good fight."

(On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:16 PM, (eowyn) wrote:

Glenn,

A great many people are thrilled that you mentioned the Harry's Place blogburst.

Well, perhaps not a "great" many, in the scheme of things -- but enough passionate believers in free speech that it makes a big difference. By such small dominoes do a great injustice fall, they (and I) hope.

A small thing for you, as one of the Internet's influencers, to drop a casual link -- but a huge thing to ordinary folks everywhere, who know you share what they think, and hope your audience resonates.

You're aces. Thanks, thanks, thanks."

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So grooving :o) Yes, indeed :o)