If you need a laugh
Scott Elcomb
psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 29 19:30:48 UTC 2009
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 01:41:46PM -0500, Scott Elcomb wrote:
>> Trying not to drive this issue any further into the wood, I'd suggest
>> cutting her som slack though.
>>
>> I missed most of Palin-mania (though I've seen a few things that made
>> me scratch my head) but still, I don't see "satire" that directly
>> hunts (er - targets?) living people as being "fair." (Phrase-only:...
>> ) Lord knows I've made plenty of mistakes myself and sure as HELL I
>> try to learn from them.
>
> After the thing I saw a couple of days ago where someone was asking how
> being in charge of a state with borders to other countries gave her any
> experience relevant for dealing with foreign affairs, I have concluded
> she really does in fact not have a clue. It's not like she actually
> ever had any negotiations with either neighbouring country (canada and
> russia that is).
>
> Now if any satire is fair, well that's a different issue. To a large
> extent if you want to be a public figure, you have to put up with it.
> That's a price to pay. Those that put up with it and play along a bit
> tend to be much more popular with the people that those that are
> offended by it.
That last sentence does it for me. Most Serisously: Thanks - it
justifies (in-a-sense) both the xmtter and rxver.
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Scott Elcomb
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