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

To: Neocon who wrote (41349)	12/21/2001 1:51:39 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Merry Christmas!!! "A young man whose father is a carpenter grows up working in his father's shop. He has no formal education. He owns no property of any kind. One day he puts down his tools and walks out of his father's shop. He starts preaching on street corners and in the nearby countryside. Walking from place to place preaching all the while even though he is in no way an ordained minister he never gets farther than an area perhaps 100 miles wide at the most. He does this for three years. Then he is arrested, tried and convicted. There is no court of appeal so he is executed at age 33 along with two common thieves. Those in charge of his execution roll dice to see who gets his clothing -- the only possessions he has. His family cannot afford a burial place so he is interred in a borrowed tomb. End of story? No, this uneducated, propertyless young man who preached on street corners for only three years who left no written word has for 2000 years had a greater effect on the entire world than all the rulers, kings and emperors, all the conquerors, the generals and admirals, all the scholars, scientists and philosophers who ever lived -- all put together. How do we explain that? ...Unless he really was what he said he was." --Ronald Reagan

To: Neocon who wrote (41349)	12/21/2001 2:14:53 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 82486

"I criticized Christopher for being mistaken and unfair to Poet, for example. I have objected to Carolyn for calling X a traitor. I stay out of the flamefests that Bill and Win get into. I have done little more than object to excessive criticism of jla. I have had arguments of some consequence with all of them, at one time or another, although you have not seen all of them." I don't want to argue with you. I think your whole post was a Phonicon. I have seen you pass by racist remarks which you posted on either side of, saying nothing. You can call it partisanship if you wish. So long as you support a simple minded name caller, you will get no respect from here...