"st.helier" > wrote in message
news:1097792023.803557@ftpsrv1...
> I *do not* apologise for loving so much about the USA, whilst holding the
> view that it is also the most hypercritic, moralistic nation on earth, and
> which may eventually prove to be the greatest factor in the downfall of
> humanity.

And _that_ sounds like a *good* thing, when you put it that way! :^D

I mean, humanity is one of the worst attributes of humans - isn't it?

When somebody really f___s up, isn't the most common cause human error?
"He's only _human_." - Right?

IOW, the best thing we humans could do is attempt to rise above that which
makes us human.

> And lastly, I *do not* intend to change - I will continue to attempt to
> bring an irreverent perspective to this forum. I am not without sin; I am
an
> agnostic, rather egocentric, slightly ROC leaning, older bugger
(antipodean
> slang!!!!!!!) who will continue to try to make you laugh and squirm and
may
> even succeed in offending your particular sensitivities, because, frankly
my
> dears, I don't give a damn!!!

I liked everything about that (understated though it may be) except for the
out-and-out plagiarism from "Gone with the Wind". A topnotch curmudgeon
should write _all_ of his own material. ;^)

Tom S