From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "Joe Fineman"  wrote in message   
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   > "ROBBIE"  writes:   
   >   
   > > Jaws is like an enemy of the people - with a big fish. An Enemy of   
   > > the People is not the last word on a prophet not being welcome in   
   > > his home town - though it seemed to give a career to a wanker like   
   > > Arthur Miller.  Hamlet is the last word on a lot of things but there   
   > > are people in the world who would not wait five minutes to take   
   > > mighty vengeance. In other words when I said your aphorism wasn't   
   > > correct you used Ibsen's play to make it correct, but it doesn't.   
   >   
   > The shark in _Jaws_ displayed symptoms of paranoia that were not   
   > symptoms of being right when everybody else was wrong?  Or the other   
   > way around?  Or what?   
      
   The police chief in Jaws knew a great white shark was on the prowl and   
   wanted to make the news public and the mayor and corporation didn't because   
   they knew it would kill the tourist trade on their island.   
      
      
   >   
   > The hero of _An Enemy of the People_ was right when everybody else was   
   > wrong   
      
   Yes I know.   
      
   , and ended up comparing himself to Jesus Christ.  That is a   
   > comic illustration of a very common tendency.  Of course, it doesn't   
   > make anything correct.   
   >   
   > I think that you are bluffing and you think you can get away with it   
   > because you know more names than I do.   
      
   Bluffing what? I said that your citing of An Enemy of the People doesn't   
   make your aphorism (well it isn't an aphorism because I don't think it makes   
   a generally true point) correct.   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
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