Maybe I've lost my sense of humor. Maybe. You tell me.... Reading this made me mindful not only of the general polarization of the electorate that seems to be unusually pronounced this election season, but also -- more ominsously -- of vandalism, the tendency to approve of hooliganism so long as it is in some way clever, and of plain vandalism. The possible excuse that the described action appears to be within the letter of the law (maybe; I'm not a lawyer) has become in my mind the "Enron defense".
I'm about old enough to be thinking of what I'm going to do when I'm no longer in the mood to work, but I sure hope I find things that are positive than causing undeserved grief to people I disagree with. Like polite but firm criticism of uncivil behavior. Perhaps. I'm not sure it would play well in this day and age, I'll have to try it sometime and see what happens. ++ kevin On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:16:39 -0600, Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Begin forwarded message: > > [ sender and distro list snipped ] > > Subject: WHAT RETIRED PEOPLE DO > > Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days > interesting. I went to the store the other day. I was only in there for about 5 > minutes. When I came out there was a city cop writing out a parking ticket. I > went up to him and said, "Come on, buddy, how about giving a senior a break?" He > ignored me and continued writing the ticket. I called him a name. He glared at > me and started writing another ticket For having worn tires. So I called him a > worse name. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the > first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 > minutes. The more I abused him the more tickets he wrote. I didn't care. My car > was parked around the corner and this one had a "Elect John Kerry" bumper > sticker on it. I try to have a little fun each day now that I'm retired. > > It's important at our age. > > -- > /\/\ > ( CR ) Collins Richey > \/\/ Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, > the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight > to tell the difference. > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsub/Pause/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general > -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub/Pause/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
