[LargeFormat] A Ban on Whaling

[Jim Hemenway]

I agree...  While I usually find Nephew Dick's humor sophomoric, I 
wouldn't want to see him exiled.
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Jim - http://www.hemenway.com

Jim Brick wrote:
> At 08:52 AM 7/22/2003 -0700, vernak@wvi.com wrote:
> 
>> Now there's an idea! How about an off-list list of thick skinned folk 
>> who love
>> Uncle Dick's humor? Count me in on that!
>>
>> Verna
> 
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> 
> What I'd like to know is... why is it that out of hundreds, or thousands 
> of people, or even a whole town of people, one single person objects to 
> something and the whole group goes belly-up trying to appease the single 
> voice. And 99.99999% of the time, the single voice is a kook way out in 
> left field anyway.
> 
> Remember, last Christmas, this town (I believe here in CA) had Santa 
> Claus riding on a fire truck, in the Christmas parade for the past 50+ 
> years. But last year, one person complained that it offended him. So the 
> mayor of the town decreed that there would be no Santa riding on the 
> fire truck from now on. One person out of a whole town!!!
> 
> Well... the town went ballistic. So every person that could, wore a 
> Santa outfit to the parade AND every fireman that could, wore a Santa 
> outfit while on the fire trucks in the parade. There were hundreds and 
> hundreds of Santa's in and around the parade. A very loud statement was 
> made and the mayor was taught a lesson. Don't mess with the majority.
> 
> Oh yeah... me too for Unk.
> 
> Jim
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