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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (6434)	2/24/2001 7:56:42 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

We waited for months for Joe's sexist post claim and found it was just a one person joke (read: something that made AJ laugh to himself). If you can follow his reasoning, it had something to do with Ayn Rand and her views on the benefits of capitalism and MANkind. Too weird and unfunny to bother with, but rather than say "Sorry, I was making a bad joke" he said for us to go look it up. He was asked by X to produce the "most sexist post" he'd ever read. Finally we get THAT lame-brain explanation. Internet attracts some weird creatures. AJ is just one of many that flock about. No weirder than Raelians, I suppose. At least HE doesn't want to clone Jesus from the shroud of Turin, or does he?

To: E who wrote (6434)	2/28/2001 10:35:15 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

The "dash" (--) marks abruptness or irregularity. The "exclamation" (!) marks surprise. The "interrogation" or "query" (?) asks a question. The apostrophe (') marks elisions or the possessive case. "Quotes," quotation marks, or "inverted commas" (" ") define either quoted words or words used with special emphasis or significance. Interpolations in a sentence are marked by various forms of bracket or parenthesis. Usage and practice vary widely, however. britannica.com cosmicforce was actually correct, except about one thing: it is not idiosyncratic, but standard. I use quotation marks all the time to indicate either irony or that I am using a word or phrase advisedly. Quotation marks are a flagging device, not merely for direct quotes......