Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!jcp From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan/Bombing USSR Message-ID: <4057@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 17:38:57 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.4057 Posted: Fri Aug 17 17:38:57 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 13:18:55 EDT References: <1575@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 15 Okay, so it was a pretty dumb thing to say... But really, its a joke, EVERYONE, including the Russians, knows it is, etc. Its supposed to be FUNNY!!! I mean really, comedians tell jokes about people in wheelchairs, accidents, etc., and no one thinks any more about it than as a joke. I for one, thought it was amusing when I heard about, as did lots of people I know. What Jesse Jackson said was NOT said as a joke, it was a 'behind the scenes' remark, not primarily intended for its humorous value. Its time the media learned to laugh about these things, and then forget them, the way they're supposed to... Now lets talk about some REAL issues in this campaign, not phony made-up ones... -JCP-