--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" > > > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > Judy Stein on "anti-TMers": > > > > > * They are all untrustworthy, without credibility. > > > > > * They all lie. > > > > > * They have concealed motives. > > > > > * They intend to do harm to peace-loving TMers. > > > > > * I am right about them, no matter what they say. > > > > > * You should agree with me *because* I am right. > > > > > * They are bad people. > > > > > * They deserve retribution, and soon. > > > > > > > > > > Judy Stein on Republicans: > > > > > * They are all untrustworthy, without credibility. > > > > > * They all lie. > > > > > * They have concealed motives. > > > > > * They intend to do harm to peace-loving Democrats. > > > > > * I am right about them, no matter what they say. > > > > > * You should agree with me *because* I am right. > > > > > * They are bad people. > > > > > * They deserve retribution, and soon. > > > > > > > > > > Coincidence, or indication of state of attention? > > > > > > > > Uncle - You forgot to mention Judy's suggestion on Usenet > > > > that the entire Bush administration should be shot. > > > > > > Yeah, but that was back then; these days I'm sure > > > that she'd opt for lethal injection. > > > > Here's what I actually said, a little over two > > years ago: > > > > "The entire administration should be thrown in > > jail, if not put before a firing squad." > > > > (For semantics aficionados, the implication of "if > > not" here is a little ambiguous; what I meant to > > suggest was that they might *deserve* to be put > > before a firing squad, but that such a punishment > > was too extreme.) > > Cool. > > As long as you're into semantics today, could you > clear up these two quotes of yours for us as well?
(I'm *always* into semantics.) Sure, sorry you were confused by them. The first is hyperbole, the second metaphor: > "Folks who abandon their animals should be shot, BTW." > > "I shoot the messenger when the messenger deserves > to be shot." Those really all you could find in a search for "shot" in my posts? Here are some more you might try: hanged decapitated stabbed to death nuked drowned wiped out castrated beaten to a bloody pulp smashed into a little grease spot torn limb from limb I'm sure I can come up with some others. I'll let you know.
