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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

No worries, Greg.  I was just trying to be funny.  Ya know, "Ha Ha  
Funny."  That is my whole schtick.

I am desperately curious to know why today, of all days, you are  
politically worked up.  Was there a new development of which I am not  
aware?  Have they finally outlawed that whole pesky "Free Speech" thing?

Actually, I have been "politically worked up" for more years than I  
can count (Disclosure: I can only count up to six), but I have found  
that trying to educate and enlighten people or even open their minds  
just a tiny bit results in the most hateful personal attacks I have  
ever experienced.  I don't have enough fingers to count the number of  
folks who have angrily told me to "Move the hell out of their country  
if I don't like it" or the amount of people who wanted to get into a  
physical altercation with me because I was disproving the "facts"  
that they had heard from the TV box.

This was mostly in Carrboro and Orange County.  Had I tried such  
treasonous activities in Raleigh or Roxboro I surely would have been  
lynched.  As a final data point, the majority of these True Believers  
strongly claimed to be of the "Christian faith" and repeatedly  
trumpeted the line that "This is a Christian nation."  I did not  
stick around long enough to explain Jesus Christ to them.

So, instead I just take my little photographs and make little jokes  
about how strange the world can be sometimes.  My career of fighting  
ignorance and propaganda has come to a less-than-graceful end.

dave m.


On Sep 21, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Greg Brown wrote:

> Actually I'm the one who should apologize.  I took this thing way  
> off track.  I am a touch "politically worked up" today.
>
> Sorry all.
>
> Greg
>
> On 9/21/06, matusiak wrote:
> On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:38 PM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
>
> >  "I know very well what God hates..."
>
> Well, my innocuous little discussion of funny bumperstickers has
> certainly gone off the rails.  Sorry to everyone for bringing it up.