[SOC] At Le Club

Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:04:10 -0600

Ian - These are the people that should be politicians.  Ralph   ka8ifi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: [SOC] At Le Club


> Ian...
> your friend is sharp...
> next time you see him tell him so.
> 73
> Dennis VE3VG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian C. Purdie" <[email protected]>
> To: "SOC" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:29 AM
> Subject: [SOC] At Le Club
>
>
> > I was at my club this afternoon with a group of around [I think] nine
> people.
> >
> > Inevitably conversation got around to this topic and about four people
> divided
> > into two camps. The other five substantially remained silent.
> >
> > For awhile I decided to sit back and observe these five folks. Some
seemed
> > uncomfortable.
> >
> > Eventually I asked one why he didn't have an opinion, he replied:
> >
> > "Not interested mate, it's all BS, always was, always will be. Ask me
> about
> > golf, cricket or football scores and I'll talk to you."
> >
> > I asked the next fellow the same question, he was somewhat embarrassed.
> >
> > "Why would you be interested in my opinion on important matters? You
> blokes
> > always use big words I mostly don't understand but I've got my own
ideas."
> >
> > OK tell us.
> >
> > "No you'd just think I was some ignorant fool".
> >
> > By this time the three others picked up on it and insisted he air his
> opinions.
> >
> > [condensed]
> >
> > "Well I think you're all wrong, I think Hussein's wrong, I think Bush's
> wrong.
> >
> > "I think you've all got opinions that prove both sides of you are right
up
> > yourselves, it seems like your BS is more powerful than my BS."
> >
> > "That's what it is, total BS. You're all educated but none of you have
> > commonsense".
> >
> > "It's all about power, who rules the roost, you're all full of BS. Never
> in any
> > of these discussions over recent months have I heard about why we need
pit
> one
> > Australian boy against one Iraqi boy, is this some kind of cock fighting
> > event?"
> >
> > "Is this recognised at the Olympics?"
> >
> > "I'm not as smart as you fellows but my father and grand father taught
me
> one
> > thing - politicians start wars but never go to them."
> >
> > "If this man is so bad, as I hear on TV, who made him that way, how did
he
> get
> > there?"
> >
> > "Isn't it true the west made him?"
> >
> > "So you're all round the table jerking off, arguing really whether to
> remove
> > him is legal or not, forget the locals who might get killed".
> >
> > "In a month he'll be gone and a whole new scene begins all over again"
> >
> > "I told you my opinion wasn't worth listening to, who won the fifth
race?"
> >
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