From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   ### - jeez, was at least hoping to hear summat new, but 15 minutes of all   
   that: tired-old 'reiterated-crapola' was just about all i could bear...   
      
   the man standing there like some practiced-preacher in standard black; a   
   metaphorical-gun in one hand and a bible in the other, and then THUMPING   
   that bible WITH the gun?? (pretty corny shit really) - the crowd literally   
   lapping-up all that intellectual violence coz they haven't been fed in a   
   while??   
      
   all of which, heh, reminds of an old cc-story along those lines that seems   
   apropos...   
      
   i.e.,   
      
   "And then he began to tell a most disconcerting tale about a country   
   bumpkin who became an   
   important official during a time of political upheaval. Don Genaro said   
   that the hero of his   
   story was appointed minister, or governor, or perhaps even president   
   because there was no   
   way of telling what people would do in their folly. Because of this   
   appointment, he came to   
   believe that he was indeed important and learned to put on an act.   
      
   He said that the hero of the story was very good at public appearances and   
   could whip up a speech with no difficulty at all, but that his position   
   required that he read his speeches, and the man was illiterate.   
      
   So he used his wits to outsmart everybody. He had a sheet of paper with   
   something written on   
   it and flashed it around whenever he gave a speech. And thus his   
   efficiency and other good   
   qualities were undeniable to all the country bumpkins. But one day a   
   literate stranger came   
   along and noticed that the hero was reading his speech while holding the   
   sheet upside down.   
   He began to laugh and pointed out the lie to everyone.   
      
   Don Genaro again paused for a moment and looked at me, squinting his eyes,   
   and asked, "Do   
   you think that the hero was caught? Not a chance. He faced everyone calmly   
   and said, 'Upside   
   down? Why should the position of the sheet matter if you know how to   
   read?' And the   
   bumpkins agreed with him."   
      
   ***   
      
   know wot i mean? :)))   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)