Julia Thompson wrote: > JDG wrote: >> >> At 04:15 PM 9/9/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote: >>> On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:04 PM, JDG wrote: >>> >>>> At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote: >>>>> Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just >>>>> some old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida >>>>> did to the world four years ago, and a warning not to cheat in >>>>> favor of thieving morons once again? >>>> >>>> Cheating? Again? >>>> >>>> And invoking hurricanes as the wrath of God? >>> >>> You politically-correct types drive me nuts. >> >> Politically correct? >> >>> PS: Like David's message, mine is intended to be tongue-in-cheek, >>> but not >>> pointless. >> >> Sorry for finding it not very funny. A close friend of mine is an >> immigrant from Grenada. After spending the past day praying for >> the safety of her mother, her family, and her people it was hard to >> see the humor in that post. Its not like the post was loaded with >> smileys either - "cheat in favor of thieving morons?" > > I didn't find it particularly funny, either.
Not particularly offensive though. I'm kind of interested in this "indignation by proxy" that you and John are laying claim to. <G> I get more indignant when people try to tell me Bush is a Texan. (He aint, not by any stretch of the imagifuggination) > > A little over three years ago, a tropical storm did a real number on > Houston, And I was there right in the middle of it. Fighting the good fight. > and someone from California posted on-list that it was just > rewards for what the Houston energy companies did to California. Geez....I don't recall that at all. I recall the storm and I recall Enron and I recall someone from California being slam dunked after accusing Enron of wrongdoing. > At > the time, I was worried sick about relatives and a close friend's > parents, none of whom had anything to do with the energy business, > and it pissed me off. And I blew up over it. (To say nothing of > what happened at various hospitals -- what had the babies in the NICU > that lost power to do with anything deserving of punishment or > retribution?) I don't think that black humor has anything to do with actually believing anyone is actually deserving of some sort of metaphysical retribution. But it is interesting how easy it is to paint someone else with that belief. > > Every time there's a disaster like this, sure, maybe there are some > folks who deserve it -- but those least at fault are the hardest hit, > and if there's any sort of justice, a weather system isn't an > efficient way of distributing it.... > Funny.......no one gets offended when Jay Leno cracks the same joke.<G> xponent Stopping To Pray For Disaster Victims Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
