On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 00:34 +0100, Doofus wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:55 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>It's actually spelled "politician". "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is
> >>>>>just slang.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Too bad we can't make it carry the same undesirable connotations the
> >>>>rest of the 4 letter words carry. Worse, they're actually proud of
> >>>>being one!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Could we please take the political stuff elsewhere?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>What's the matter? Truth hurt too much?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Humorous national jabbing is one thing, partisan politics is a way
> >different, poisoning issue.
> >
>
> I once held this view, but these days politics deserve to be laughed at
> as much as anything. If you took them seriously you'd descend into
> depression or become an assasin (in the good ol' US tradition ;-).
> John's post took a pop at the present incumbents on both sides of the
> pond - hardly partisan. The only poison in politics emanates from the
> politicians themselves, and the joke is ultimately on us. Look at
> Silvio... No, don't.
You've never heard the aphorism "never talk politics or religion
in the pub", have you?
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