At 07:00 PM 9/28/01, you wrote: >"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > > > > > > >Jeroen, the inability to say a single good thing about a democracy that is > > >surrounded by totalitarian dictatorships, in my humble opinion, can > only be > > >based upon a dislike for the ethnic group that is most predominant in that > > >democracy. I am sure that you will protest otherwise, but you are truly > > >unable to find a single nice thing to say about Israel, then that strongly > > >raises the specter with me that you are an Anti-Semite. > > > > > >And using the above logic, if you never say good things about America and > > >American government...... then its just possible that you're an > > >Anti-American too. > > > > Following your logic, I am also anti-penguin because on this list I have > > never said any good things about penguins... :-) > >Well, I haven't seen you post anything critisizing penguins, so the >analogy isn't quite as good as it might be. > >Besides (and this is where Julia totally loses all semblance of >seriousness),
And we note that it didn't take very long to reach that point. ;-) >a) Why do you care about a Pittsburg hockey team? > >b) It's a good thing you haven't said anything bad about penguins, >because they're sensitive to my needs > >c) What did Opus ever do to you? > >OK, that's all the silliness on the penguin topic that I can come up >with right now. You must never have used anything but Windows, huh? >I can explain any of a), b) or c) that you want >clarification on, although someone else might enjoy beating me to it >(and if so, please feel welcome to do so). > >BTW, I'd given some thought to the low-wage worker issue, and if I can >find the time to post something coherent about it this weekend, then I >will. I won't post unless I can be coherent, and between the immediate >sleep dep, having to administer a few tests to someone taking a >correspondence course and someone else coming to see if the TV can be >repaired tomorrow, I don't know how much coherent time I'll have -- but >I'll try. > > Julia > >who's losing it a little, yes, but at least she's reasonably cheerful >about it today Well, at least you haven't been bedridden with the Klingon Death Flu for the past few days, then gotten up to find that your ISP is having problems that won't let you log in except on their so-called "toll-free" number (which costs 10� per minute) and after multiple calls during which you spend lengthy periods in "helpful" voice menus you are told they apparently have no idea what the problem is or when it will be fixed . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
