Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!ames!barry From: barry@ames.UUCP (Ken Barry) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan/Bombing USSR Message-ID: <484@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 20:06:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.484 Posted: Tue Aug 21 20:06:31 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 01:02:30 EDT References: <716@opus.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 31 [************=8>:)]=8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] =8>:)] So, OK, I've read flames ad nauseaum about Reagan's joke, and since I'm not a Reagan fan I should have enjoyed it, but... [FLAME ON] Is this sort of lame-brained finger-pointing typical of the level of criticism of which Reagan's foes are capable? The impression it leaves is, "Gosh, we're all too stupid to make reasonable objections to Reagan's stands on complex issues, but we'll bray real loud if he says anything even brain-damage cases like us can see is dumb!" When the evidence of Reagan's record on Central America, arms control, social programs, etc., etc., is available to pick on, jumping on him for a dumb joke is worse than a waste of time, it makes you look like you're grasping at straws, or too uninformed to make substantive criticism. The "logic" of arguing that such a faux pas gives us some special insight into Reagan's true character escapes me, and the need for such tortured reasoning in the face of far clearer indications of Reagan's policy goals escapes me, as well. Let's leave the cattiness to Rona Barrett, and use our thinking ability on issues worthy of thought. Even Reagan's joke wasn't as dumb as some of the stridently silly responses to it I've seen. [FLAME OFF] If anyone has any *humorous* responses to Reagan's 'joke', please post them; this flame does not apply to you. - From the Crow's Nest - Kenn Barry NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Avenue: {dual,hao,menlo70,hplabs}!ames!barry