paul c wrote:
> 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.
Live to serve.
Received on Mon Oct 30 2006 - 17:29:25 CST