I can't wait for the Bush home assasination parties to be organized by the DNC.
--- Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ! > ! The clip showing Bush being assasinated would > appear to be short, > and > ! appears briefly at the start to give the film its > context i.e. a > post > ! Bush, post 9/11 political landscape. The film > would then appear to > ! comment on this political landscape. How good or > bad the film is, I > ! don't know because I have not seen it, but then, > neither have you. > > No I haven't and I didn't represent that I did. > Moreover, it doesn't > matter how short the clip is---it simply reveals the > lengths to which > the left is going in imagining that for which they > dream. > > ! > ! I think you have delibertely and disingenuously > mis-interpreted the > ! intention of the film to make one of your long > winded and pious > rants > ! about how the ills of the world are all down to > the left, and that > ! everyone on the left hates Bush etc etc. Yawn. > It is also > ! typical that > ! you have not even seen the film, and yet are > ranting about it > already. > ! Typical, but not in the least bit surprising. > > I was not ranting about the film per se. What I was > commenting about > (taking a step back from the particulars) was that > this is hardly the > first attempt by self-proclaimed culture experts to > use the context of > Bush's hypothetical assassination to make their > political points. > > A novel, several cartoons, and now a full-blown > movie, all fantasizing > or otherwise hypothesizing his assassination to make > a point about > politics. > > I am suggesting this is unhealthy. YMMV, and > obviously does. > > ! > ! You are in serious danger of turning into a > caricature like figure > of > ! fun like Michael. No one takes him seriously > either. > > I point out what I think is a very unhealthy > tendency I see in the > "opposition" today to imagine Bush's assassination > with alarming > frequency, and this makes me a caricature? > > Please. Oh, and I suppose you are among the > eminently qualified to > judge once and for all who should and shouldn't be > taken seriously? > > Chronic Leafe Syndrome strikes again. > > But I like you anyway, Dominic. At least you aren't > as "thick" as that > Buckland guy and can be reasoned with occasionally. > ;-) > > - Bob > > ! > ! Regards > ! > ! Dominic Burford BSc Hons MBCS CITP > ! Third Party Developer Program Senior Software > Engineer > ! > ! * Tel: +44 (0) 1536 495074 > ! * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ! > ! "I conclude that there are two ways of > constructing a software > design: > ! One way is to make it so simple there are > obviously no > ! deficiencies, and > ! the other way is to make it so complicated that > there are no obvious > ! deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture > 1980 > ! > ! > ! -----Original Message----- > ! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > ! Behalf Of Bob Calco > ! Sent: 31 August 2006 16:50 > ! To: 'ProFox Email List' > ! Subject: [OT] Another day, another Bush > assassination fantasy > ! > ! http://tinyurl.com/ffpaa > ! > ! - - - > ! > ! This is just nuts. > ! > ! For people who whine about criminalization of > disagreement, they > have > ! ironically already tried, convicted, and executed > Bush for his > policy > ! positions so many times and in so many different > ways that it hurts > my > ! head to think about it. All these kill-Bush > fantasies are beyond > ! disturbing anymore. > ! > ! Oh, I know, it's all about being "thought > provoking". Why doesn't > ! somebody come up with a film waxing Bill Clinton > or Kofi Annan > thirty > ! different ways from sundown for a change? That > might provoke some > ! thought too. > ! > ! I really, really, really didn't like Clinton, but > I don't recall > ever > ! wishing death or physical harm upon him like > Bush's opponents seem > to > ! fantasize about Bush's assassination. > ! > ! Between pull-the-finger president dolls and > dream-fantasies about > his > ! assassination, I think the disrespect shown the > man and the office > has > ! gone way out of bounds and off the charts. Talk > about > ! self-righteousness > ! gone beserk. > ! > ! These hate-Bush people have some nerve claiming > they live in a > ! dictatorship or are being censored in any way, > shape or form. > Nothing > ! could be further from the truth, and in fact it is > they who are > ! criminalizing disagreement--and making it a > capital offense. > ! > ! - Bob > ! > ! > ! > ! [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
