"If at first an idea isn't absurd, there's no hope for it." [Source: Albert Einstein, from the film '1 Giant Leap']
On 24 January 2012 14:31, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 January 2012 13:22, Xavi Drudis Ferran <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue 24/01/12 14:15 , David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> My apologies to non-native speakers confused by my post :-) > >> My apologies for my poor English. Unfortunately we're so used >> to other "modest proposals" enacted as law even if they are >> obviously bad jokes, that one gets in the habit of too literal reading... > > > We live in times where "modest proposal" essays in this field are > appropriate. Endless material! > > Of course, there's almost no idea so bad someone won't advance it > seriously. Charlie Brooker quit writing his vicious satire of British > television, "TV Go Home" http://www.tvgohome.com/ , when real > television shows started getting that awful. > > > - d. > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
