sc@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert) (12/04/86)
In article <225@mind.UUCP> harnad@mind.UUCP (Stevan Harnad) writes: > Someone using the following name, userid and institution > "rathmann@brahms.berkeley.EDU (Really Michael Ellis) > Organization: 2-3:30PM, tuesdays and thursdays" > wrote to sci.lang: > > you have shit-for-brains... This is all horse manure... > > you are blowing your hot air out the wrong orifice... > > Paperboy wanted to handle Fecal Heights and surrounding vicinity... > > get her ass up here... don't waste your foul breath telling me... > > male chauvinist pricks... but THEY sure as hell left THEIR crap all > > over the place... go shove where the sun doesn't shine... Utter crap. > > I find it astonishing that such an obviously disturbed individual has > [etc] In Lenny Bruce's autobiography, he talks about his trials back in the early sixties. He was one of the first comics to use publically words that most of his audience used privately. His failure to play along with the then-current cultural hypocrisy led to his being charged with public indecency. And he tells about the policemen, each standing up, being sworn, and saying "Mr. Bruce said 'blah-blah-blah'". The DA replied "He actually said 'blah-blah-blah'?". "Yes, sir, he said 'blah-blah-blah'". Bruce's comment on this? "I realized that they _liked_ saying 'blah-blah-blah'!" I'm sorry if you find this interpretation of your recent quoting out of context offensive. I've waited to post till I could do it calmly. But Mr. Harnad, it's really OK to say "blah-blah-blah" -- many people do.... [Sorry, net, about the industrial-strength inclusions, but _I_ like saying "blah-blah-blah" just as much as Mr. Harnad does....] STella Calvert Do what thou wilt -- not just a good idea, it's the law! Guest Account: {cybvax0|decvax}!frog!sc HASA Affiliation: S Division