--- Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With respect to the song: In attempting to form a > civil response to the > supercilious puffery of our listmate, "Let's call > the whole thing off" was > about as gentle as I could be. It sure beat the hell > out of "sod off," which > suggested itself to me. It was intended to send the > literal message "let's > call the whole thing off," while lampooning > inflexible position-taking. > > Dave
Honestly, Dave, if supercilious puffery on the list is your problem, John doesn't appear to be doing it more than, say, you. So maybe if you were a little less arrogant and self-righteous he wouldn't seem that way? I know it's a lot to ask. In this discussion he appears to have a pretty good point - you _do_ seem to want the US to go begging to Europe for a permission slip before doing things to protect itself. I think Iraq was a threat to the security of the United States. So does John. All your certainty otherwise doesn't make you right, it just means that you're unable to understand other people's points of view. Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
