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Re: Bob needs a new catchphrase

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_dbms.yuc>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:25:11 GMT
Message-ID: <rRv1h.225405$5R2.61293@pd7urf3no>


Pickie wrote:
> ...
> Secondly, I wonder why Bob feels impelled to comment and re-comment.

Literacy and reason often fail to make the point in these times, not just in this group. Somebody needs to call the parrots on their noise and mysticism if only so the casual readers here don't get fooled into thinking something important is being talked about. At one time every royal court had a jester. The joke was that the jester wasn't really a joker. His job was to use ridicule to help the King see both sides of a question but also to keep the supplicants and the rest of the court on their toes. Here, the mumbo-jumbo sometimes comes fast and furious from all fields. It's a public service to call it for what it is.

p Received on Mon Oct 30 2006 - 17:25:11 CST

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