John,
Well said, and I agree completely.
This should apply to political statements disguised as jokes as well.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: John Sims <ahbn6@optonline.net>
> I for one enjoy political sniping, raunchy political jokes and cartoons
> however, this campaign has EIGHT months to go and it appears that it will be
> a no holds barred one with innuendos, mud slinging, half truths and
> everything that I abhor in American politics more so than in any campaign
> that I can remember over almost 50 years that I have been able to vote.
>
>
>
> I suggest that if we want to make political comments to each other, we
> should make them direct and not through the list. We should not strive to
> have the "last word" on this type of discussion and we should remember that
> with eight months to go, the bitterness will only grow and grow.
>
>
>
> In other words, let's keep the list to Healeys or any topic other than
> politics. Passions are running high now and the campaign has barely started.
> How much higher will they go over the next few months? Discussions such as
> this only serve to scare people away from the list.
>
>
>
> John Sims, BN6
>
> Aberdeen, NJ
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