Here is an example of people rushing wrongly to judgement. A local
council removed children from their families because some idiot believed
rumours about satanism. The consequences were devastating.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4602268.stm
There are always far too many people ready to believe the worst, however
nonsensical.
John
PS: Jack - I thought you were being serious. Apologies. Moral: don't
forget the smiley. Not all list members were lucky enough to attend a US
High School. :-)
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:13:38 -0000, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Okay, chase is over.
Jack
--- Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Jack Davis wrote:
> You're right, it was Kostas who used the "personal tone". My
apologies,
> Rob.
> Kostas?
No, no personal tone in the "gut feeling" statement, went for a joke
that did not quite work. The "metrics" part you have answered. The
"humorist" comment is John's.
Kostas
> Jack
>
> --- David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Ahh... Rob didn't say that. He said:
>>
>> "Yeah, Judge Judy airs here too"
>>
>> This is the problem with chopping emails up, people get miss
quoted.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 1/11/06, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> As you say, you're missing some posts.
>>> The statement is a parroting of a formula comment picked up
>> (professed)
>>> in high school. It was offered with a curiosity about the
reaction.
>>> Rob, why the personal tone?
>>>
>>> Jack
>>>
>>> --- Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, John Forbes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:23:03 -0000, Rob Studdert
>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10 Jan 2006 at 16:32, Jack Davis wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> US justice system is far from perfect, it's only the best one
>> in
>>>> the
>>>>>>> world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, Judge Judy airs here too. ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rob Studdert
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> He's quite the humourist, this Jack Davis. But he has a short,
>> and
>>>> rather
>>>>> selective, memory.
>>>>
>>>> I missed the original post. Jack, I am wondering about the
>> metrics
>>>> you
>>>> are using to deduce that it's the best in the world.
>>>>
>>>> If you tell me "gut feeling", I should remind you what it's full
>> of.
>>>>
>>>> Kostas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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