> On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 12:17  PM, Johnson, Tracy wrote:
> 
> > Then since Fred claims he belongs to neither party, how can
> > he be qualified to simply dismiss "partisan" opinion of either?
> 
> I can do that because, although not a genius, I am not brain dead.

After two paragraphs?  Sounds like the plot line Lester del Rey's 
"Kindness".

> > It would have sounded more honest if Fred had simply said he
> > didn't care for this opinion of either party.  Instead he calls
> > it ridiculous, as is if he'd have been appointed to a high
> > judgeship of political thought.
> 
> It wasn't the nature of the author's opinion that made it ridiculous.
> It was the irrational presentation. It is difficult to consider it a
> "political thought".
> 
> FW

It sounds as if you've never written a piece that starts with hyperbole 
to express a point?

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