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From: Anonymous on 24 Jun 2010 13:04
In article <eea2e1a9-e077-4fad-8a5b-0b2999fd759a(a)c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On Jun 23, 6:44?pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:
>> Mr Maclean, if he is a certified paranoid schizophrenic then his views
>> might be seen less as subject to 'hyporcisy' and more as subject to
>> 'irrationality'. ?You might want to websearch the punchline 'dead men do
>> bleed' for an example.
>
>My friend (let me point out that this one is not my boozy chum) would
>root his hatred in the fact that his grandmother was hospitalised
>after being mugged by a black man.

Your friend is a certified paranoid schizophrenic; expecting rational
discourse and cause-and-effect scenaria might lead to disappointment.

>As for the dead men do bleed, that does depend upon the definition of
>dead and/or bleed.

Everything depends on something, this sentence included. Did you find the
joke?

DD

From: Howard Brazee on 24 Jun 2010 13:04
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:09:11 -0700 (PDT), Alistair
<alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>My friend (let me point out that this one is not my boozy chum) would
>root his hatred in the fact that his grandmother was hospitalised
>after being mugged by a black man.

I assume then that he would have had a similar root of his hatred if
his mother had been hospitalized after being mugged by a white man.

Or not.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 24 Jun 2010 13:06
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:39:18 -0400, SkippyPB
<swiegand(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:

>>> There are limits to free speech.
>>
>>And whom can we trust to set them, and assign penalties for trespass?
>
>Free speech by its very nature is limitless.

But "free donuts" has limits.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Alistair on 25 Jun 2010 07:48
On Jun 24, 6:04 pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:
> In article <eea2e1a9-e077-4fad-8a5b-0b2999fd7...(a)c33g2000yqm.googlegroups..com>,
>
> Alistair  <alist...(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >On Jun 23, 6:44?pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:
> >> Mr Maclean, if he is a certified paranoid schizophrenic then his views
> >> might be seen less as subject to 'hyporcisy' and more as subject to
> >> 'irrationality'. ?You might want to websearch the punchline 'dead men do
> >> bleed' for an example.
>
> >My friend (let me point out that this one is not my boozy chum) would
> >root his hatred in the fact that his grandmother was hospitalised
> >after being mugged by a black man.
>
> Your friend is a certified paranoid schizophrenic; expecting rational
> discourse and cause-and-effect scenaria might lead to disappointment.
>
> >As for the dead men do bleed, that does depend upon the definition of
> >dead and/or bleed.
>
> Everything depends on something, this sentence included.  Did you find the
> joke?
>
> DD

Yes, I liked the joke. It appeals to my twisted sense of humour (or
not).
From: Alistair on 25 Jun 2010 07:52
On Jun 24, 6:06 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:39:18 -0400, SkippyPB
>
> <swieg...(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> There are limits to free speech.
>
> >>And whom can we trust to set them, and assign penalties for trespass?
>
> >Free speech by its very nature is limitless.
>
> But "free donuts" has limits.
>

Defined by the last notch on your belt.

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