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The Jack of Tars and The King of Eggs: Luke's Cool Hand.

Something from Nothing            The 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke tells the story of a man sent to prison for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. The main character, played by Paul Newman, is a decorated military veteran who, much to the amazement of the prison Captain, came out of the army the same rank he went in as: buck private.              The governer, this man in authority and pillar of society, wonders what to make of this cheek to the natural order, this flagrant...   The natural order , like any information, can be connected to any number of ideas. If you have done well in one particular system it is only natural for your internal dialogue to result in the scaffolding of one's ego: I have earned my place rightfully and truly, I deserve my rewards.   The uncomfortable nature of an alternative reality where men might follow other gods must be kept safely outside the walls of one's own mental Spandau. *   The prisons we choose to live inside , to use