Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] Joe's Verbal Transgression : was Re: Digest Number 1161 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:24:26 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:13:30 -0500, Gary Snyder wrote: >=A0Bob wrote: > Andrea Snell wrote: >=A0>>=A0=A0The ban is really about keeping the incidence of lung= cancer, >=A0>>=A0=A0sinusitis and a host of other ailments down, people more= perceptive >=A0>>=A0=A0than yourself understood that. >=A0> >=A0>=A0=A0Bull ! >=A0>=A0=A0It is about projecting power over an unorganized minority . > >=A0Well, as I've stated before, I agree with Andrea. > >=A0The ban, misguided as it is, is an effort to legislate "for our= own >=A0good", and an effort to buy votes. =A0I don't think it has= anything to >=A0do with "power for power's sake." Gary , haven't you met any of these people ? "for our own good"= is the classic Marxist claim to power . I've had these guy's smirk= at me in their glee at my imperfectly suppressed rage at their= ability to criminalize my common peaceful relaxation . If it was about buying votes , why did Bloombutt keep his= agenda secret until after the election ? >=A0And I've also stated that IMO >=A0the use of the word "nigger" reflected incredibly poor= judgement. As John Clifton pointed out , it's a molehill . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/02/18 2:13:00 PM