Hi, group!
Returning to the net after a break. Still no additional posts
appearing here.
As I think that this group is worthwhile, will contribute one for
the enjoyment [or censure...] of any readers worldwide.
Friday here, Federal election here tomorrow. We. in Australia,
may know which party wins in a couple of days, or possibly a week
from now.
That is the way the system works here. I don't propose to try to
try to explain it, although it is one of the "fairest" systems I
that I know of.
Of course, as anyone who reads my posts will probably know, I
can be a bit "sardonic" about any or all "elections", here or in
the U.S., U.K. or anywhere else for that matter
A matter of vocabulary...and out of kindness I wont mention any
names, of For the benefit of readers who might have not the word
in their vocabulary, [including a couple of possibilities who
spring to mind] I will, of course, give a definition.
After all, every human has some learning potential.
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Adjective
* S: (adj) sardonic (disdainfully or ironically humorous;
scornful and mocking) "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic
laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry
pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin
Edman
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http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sardonic
I, of course, am only being mildly sardonic in my relationships
with some posters on this group, who shall not be named, of
course. :-)
Actually, I am a fairly "polite kangaroo" unless some posters
want to accuse me of lying, directly or indirectly
However, I think that I might cope with them in much way that our
pet cat copes with the odd flea.
I don't threaten anyone else on groups, with an "express" or
"implied" threat.
Perhaps this is due to my belief that I.S.P.severs keep a record
of all posts for seven years or so.
Unlikely? ... You might as well ask me if someone from our part
of the world, say an Australian, might choose to live in, say a
place such as the southwest U.S., such as Texas.
Still, a lot of things are possible. Do bears defecate in the
woods? Could a Pope be female?
Life is full of similar surprises, after all!
The universe includes lots of stars, perhaps lots of habitable
planets. It seems to have been around a long time.
Given a possible infinity of worlds, and enough time, almost
anything is "possible".
Including a large variety of possibly sentient beings, with a
large variety of possible "personalities".
To go back the other way, even in a spiral arm of our particular
galaxy, remote from the galactic centre, there is a minor star,
that we call the "sun", with a number of "planets" orbiting
around it. Eight or nine, depending on whether one
considers "Pluto" as a planet.
One of these, which we call "Earth" contains a truly astonishing
variety of life. Even the apparently dominant genus and species
known as "Homo sapiens".
Over 6.5 billion of us. One would think that we could somehow
manage to get along with one another.
Yet we obviously cannot, or there wouldn't be any wars.
Can even a comparatively small subset of "humans" with Internet
access manage to "get along"?
If the reader thinks so, have a look at "Usenet". Or even this
particular group.
A very small sub,sub, sub, set. How many on
rec.travel.australia+nz?
Perhaps a thousand or two humans even read it, as a generous
estimate.
How many regularly post on it? 1,000 at best, perhaps.
Can these1,000 humans possibly "get along" with one another?
It doesn't seem so, does it?
Not to mention any names, but most of these seem unable to even
tolerate, let alone understand, one another.
If a group of 1,500 [at most] cannot manage to do so, is it any
wonder that humans have wars?
For example, in the U.S. "Civil War" was there actually much
difference between the average American residing north or south
of the Mason-Dixon line?
Face it, folks. If Americans could not get along with one
another, historically at least, how can we hope to get along
with the rest of the world?
Anyone willing to comment on this post? ...Or is just too hard
for most of you?
Cheers,
Kangaroo16
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