I'm not offended by political humor of any stripe. In fact, I usually enjoy it.
What I read this morning was a right-leaning, mildly amusing political joke,
followed by a heartfelt and poignant rejoinder from an opposing view. Then,
several people attacked the latter under the guise of "no politics on the
List," completely ignoring the original, political joke. So I took a stand.
My feeling is we either allow political humor from both sides, or neither.
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 Fredericks" <johnfredericks@comcast.net>
> Having followed this list for many years, I have little sympathy for those
> who now want to keep politics off the list. As with others, I have been
> offended by the Friday Funnies from time to time, have heard the debate
> about keeping our focus on Healeys, and the response of those who want
> Friday Funnies to stay and keep our focus on our common interest - Healeys.
>
> Its ironic to see some of you who steadfastly defended Friday Funnies in the
> past, now offended by political humor and insisting that politics stay off
> he list. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander my friends.
>
> If Friday Funnies are a feature of this list, then everything should be fair
> game. Alternatively, we should all agree to stick to Healeys.
>
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> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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