Ron Johnson wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 00:34 +0100, Doofus wrote:Ron Johnson wrote:I once held this view, but these days politics deserve to be laughed at as much as anything. If you took them seriously you'd descend into depression or become an assasin (in the good ol' US tradition ;-). John's post took a pop at the present incumbents on both sides of the pond - hardly partisan. The only poison in politics emanates from the politicians themselves, and the joke is ultimately on us. Look at Silvio... No, don't.On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:55 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote:Gene Heskett wrote:On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote:It's actually spelled "politician". "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is just slang.Too bad we can't make it carry the same undesirable connotations the rest of the 4 letter words carry. Worse, they're actually proud of being one!Could we please take the political stuff elsewhere?What's the matter? Truth hurt too much?Humorous national jabbing is one thing, partisan politics is a way different, poisoning issue.You've never heard the aphorism "never talk politics or religion in the pub", have you?
Pubs these days (British ones, anyway) are brimming with people who'd say "bush" and "blair" are synonymous with "moron", and I also find that to be the case in general, worldwide. I can't speak with experience about the region east of Idaho and west of Ohio though, which I'd guess holds a different average view on this issue, but then I don't suppose that region is awash with debian users either.