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Being careless because no one is
listening wasn't my point. My point was just about allowing a little
hyperbole to blow off some frustration.
"Those poor
kids. So young. So nauseous."
--Krusty the Klown Telethon
for Motion Sickness
It's dangerous to become careless about what you
say just because you think
you probably won't offend anyone. That
reminds me of the old joke, "How
does every racist joke
start? By looking around first." And there are to
my
knowledge some who hold more conservative viewpoints on this list,
lurking or not. I'd really like to see some intelligent debate
here. I
haven't made up my mind about who to vote for yet. I
want to know what
people think. Not what people who can't think
have to say. Idiotic and
violently-natured jokes aimed at
politicians who, for better or worse, are
trying to make a change (no,
that was not a defense of Buchanan) are a waste
of time on this
list.
>From: "Laura Winton" <fluffysingler@prodigy.net>
>Reply-To:
rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>To:
<rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com>
>Subject:
Re: RAT Fwd: ZNet Update / Arrestees in Philly, Action Urgently
>Needed
>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:56:53 -0500
>
>I
just see it as blowing off a little steam among friends. It's not like
>there are too many repubs on here that will be offended. I
don't take
>those statements too seriously, nor do I disapprove of
them. A little
>hyperbole gets the blood going once in a
while.
>
>I say spew.
>
>Laura Winton
>fluffysingler@prodigy.net
>www.karawane.org
>
>"Those
poor kids. So young. So nauseous."
>--Krusty the
Klown Telethon for Motion Sickness
>
>
Speaking of spouting rhetoric, these references to shooting
>politicians, or
> to them being
"corpse-fuckers" are "cute", as in
"childish". I'm not
>
necessarily sold on the agendas of either the Republican or
Democratic
> parties, so this kind of
hyperbole really casts a shadow of
>dismissability
> over anything else
you say. It's fine if you're preaching to the
>choir
and
> you want a few laughs, but you didn't
win me over.
>
>
> >From: Audie
McCall <audiemccall@yahoo.com>
>
>Reply-To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>
>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>
>Subject: Re: RAT Fwd: ZNet Update / Arrestees in Philly, Action
>Urgently
>
>Needed
> >Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000
10:12:53 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> >
>
>I won't get into the inherent unfunniness of
joking
> >about putting a bullet in
Buchannan's head, especially
> >since he's
the least significant factor in the race
>
>and siphons votes only from Bush.
>
>
> >But I will stand up and say there
are many good
> >reasons for voting for
Ralph Nader beyond hoping to
> >put him in
the Oval Office, though that's good enough
>
>for me.
>
>
> >1) If Nader takes 5% (I think
that's the right
> >figure) of the vote in
November, then the Green Party
> >gets
matching funds in 2004, a strong step
towards
> >making it a viable third
party.
> >
>
>2) In a recent poll tracking the final four,
Bush,
> >Gore, Nader and Buchannan.
Bush took something like
> >48%, Gore 42%,
Nader 7%, and Buchannan 3%. Then
>
>another poll was run with just the two front
runners.
> >It wound up being something
like Bush 55% and Gore
> >45%. In
other words, without the alternatives,
Bush's
> >lead SPREAD! So don't
believe the hype about throwing
> >your
vote away.
>
>
> >3) Gore is as bought and sold
by Corporate America as
> >Bush, perhaps
more so. Who's administration pushed
>
>through NAFTA and Free Trade for China?
It's
> >corporate power that you should
really fear, not a few
> >Right Wing
wackos.
> >
>
>4) Nader's policies make SENSE. They are
clear,
> >congent, incisive. Read up
on them. And you will
> >WANT to
finally stand up and be counted FOR
something
> >for a change, instead of
against.
>
>
> >Go
NADER!
> >
>
>
> > > Daylight
Time,
> > > catieaph@hotmail.com
writes:
> >
>
> > > << what can we do with
the two alternatives (running
> > > for
president) at this
> > >
point? I'm asking so that I may know.
>>
> >
>
> > > well, one, put a bullet in
pat buchannan's head and,
> > > two, if
you absolutly
> > > can't vote for gore,
you should vote for nader.
> > > but,
nadar can't win and
> > > bush
can. so every vote for gore counts. no,
he's
> > > not the greatest, but
he
> > > beats the shit out of another
republikan amerika.
>
>
> >
>
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