They were sensible enough not to give me the job!
On 16 Sep, 01:21, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I fear I may be promoted to Chef en Chef of Village Idiots for real on
> Friday Georges and be off to fight the foe you mention armed only with
> a platoon of partially trained punka wallahs brandishing business
> textbooks they claim to have read once.
>
> On 7 Sep, 01:43, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I call him .... OreO Obama.... aka Silly Vanilli...
> > nominal9
>
> > On Sep 5, 10:20 am, Georges Metanomski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > NOTE: Due to IMO general interest of the issue I post the present to
> > > several lists. The Village Idiot en chef of the Village Idiots list
> > > will perhaps ask, who is Richard.
> > > So, Richard is a good friend, a sound physicist, philosopher and
> > > writer with whom we have friendly quarrels stemming mainly from the
> > > fact that he is thoroughly educated and I have no education at all.
> > > ==================
> > > G old:
> > > I got a lot of reactions (to my "Obama in Wonderland").
> > > Certain called it poignant satire and I found it most gratifying,
> > > others suggested additionally some supplements, which I
> > > considered with appreciation. But many qualified it (arbitrarily of
> > > course) as absurdity, calumny, defamation and scandalmongering.
> > > I thank them from all my heart; I intended my "Obama" to be
> > > a ecrit a scandale and they prove that I'm not far off the mark.
> > > =================
> > > Richard:
>
> > > Georges,
> > >
> > > I am not sufficiently insightful and certainly do not know you well enough
> > > to have see the Obama piece anything other than a screed against him.
> > > Next time,
> > > if there is one, I will be more aware of the possibility that you are not
> > > being very serious.
> > > ===================
> > > G:
> > > And you will be right. I'm never serious. Being serious means being
> > > mentally - and often physically - dressed as a butler, never quitting
> > > the tie and the bowler hat only to put on a topper when referring to
> > > such Presidents as Carter or Obama and to such Nobel Prizes as
> > > Al Gore or Arafat. As I don't possess - neither metaphorically nor
> > > literally - any ties, bowler hats or toppers, I could not be serious,
> > > even if I wanted.
>
> > > All I endeavor is to be sincere, i.e. to act in good faith and not to
> > > lie to myself.
>
> > > Now, that in no way opposes "ecrit a scandale". This French term has
> > > nothing to do with "feuille-" or "presse a scandale", but denotes
> > > any writing intending to stir up scandals in order to get more
> > > publicity, wider public and stronger impact.
>
> > > P.G.Woodehouse writes in "Cocktail Time":
>
> > > -Just as all American publishers hope that if they are good and lead
> > > upright lives, their books will be banned in Boston, so do all English
> > > publishers pray that theirs will be denounced from the pulpit by a
> > > bishop. Full statistics are not to hand, but it is estimated by
> > > competent judges that a good bishop denouncing from the pulpit with
> > > the right organ note in his voice, can add between ten and fifteen
> > > thousand to the sales.-
>
> > > One step higher is to get indicted and risk condemnation for
> > > slander or defamation.
>
> > > The best example and the most famous "ecrit a scandale" is Zola's
> > > "J'accuse". He risked prison, but saved Dreyfus from rabid
> > > anti-Semites.
>
> > > If I get in trouble for defaming Obama, Islamism or the nymphomaniac
> > > E. Roosevelt, it will be a small price for getting a chance to
> > > contribute a bit to save Israel and the West from concurrent rabid
> > > anti-human Islamism.
>
> > > Georges.
>
> > > ===================
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