From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:56:25 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
      
   > I think it's just the opposite.  They probably start out with   
   > consciences, but part of their conditioning is to carefully eradicate   
   > any trace of it.   
      
   I think Jimmy Carter had a functioning conscience; nice guy but a crappy   
   president. Of course anybody following the Nixon/Ford fiasco had their   
   work cut out for them.   
      
      
   > In a previous life I was forced to attend the occasional marketing pep   
   > rally.  The same thing goes on there, often using alcohol as an   
   > anesthetic to deaden what traces of conscience remain after conditioning   
   > sessions.   
      
   The first 10 years or so of my career left me with the impression the   
   world is run by high functioning alcoholics. I got out of that world in   
   one piece. It was fun until it wasn't.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)