Humbly report, Rande, yes, I see myself as a soldier of sorts. Of - to put it bluntly, without making you read between the lines - humorists.
Ours is a useful trade, a worthy calling; that with all its lightness and frivolity it has one serious purpose, one aim, one specialty, and it is constant to it- the deriding of shams, the exposure of pretentious falsities, the laughing of stupid superstitions out of existence; and that whoso is by instinct engaged in this sort of warfare is the natural enemy of royalties, nobilities, privileges and all kindred swindles, and the natural friend of human rights and human liberties. --Twain.
Bluntly again, the April Fool's joke was not intended, as you say, "as a release of tensions built up inside you [us], due to the Kosovo crises."
And bluntly for the third time, regarding differing minds. . .
I almost always write between the lines, rarely do I bother reading them seriously. 98 percent of the time, I say exactly what I mean to say, with a twist. Rarely in my life have I been one not to take a hint. Anyone that don't liked that bores me. It's kept me honest and straight, though I know I can't make others honest and straight.
Saying something in such a way that you never really say it but hit at all the possibilities, says everything to me. So subtleties get noticed. I almost always adapt my thinking towards that of another. How else can one make sense of the endless supply of personal views and philosophies?
We briefly discussed authors. I have always preferred reading a wise comic to a textbook. A fiction to phone-book. And an enlightened commentary instead of raw facts and statistics. I prefer my news from the mouth of those that personally experienced it. My favorite authors are humorists and playwrites.
Well how far off are we? Diametrically opposed? Absolutely!
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(To put it bluntly - I'm out of here.)
Cheers,
Svejk
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