From: intraphase@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:41:12 AM UTC-5, slider wrote:   
   > ### - 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? :)))   
      
   But... YOU HAD TO WATCH. Hehehe   
      
   This is the crux of it all   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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