I seem to remember offering him this same bit of advice in a politicly/historicly oriented chatter thread.
Remember Dr. Johnson's observation about attempting to teach a pig to sing :-)
( N.B. to the ethics police I am not now, nor is it my intent, to use a literary allusion that involves the word 'pig' in any disparaging form regarding the person referred to but offer the allusion only to recall a favorite quote from a favorite author in a reference I believe Kevin will understand. )
>Terry, if you're doing this purely for entertainment value, if you derive pleasure from these types of posts, fine. But if you're actually serious about what you say, then you really need to learn how to frame your arguments better.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
