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From: craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Jesus
Keywords: McCarthy, witchhunt, analogy
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.133726.20149@com50.c2s.mn.org>
Date: 1 Nov 90 13:37:26 GMT
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In article <38984@ut-emx.uucp> clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) writes:
>Assuming I'm right, though, I'm sure you can see the point. McCarthy never
>produced that list, by the way. As far as I know, it didn't even exist. But
>how many people were persecuted, what lives ruined, what liberties trampled,
>all growing out of one baseless allegation...
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>   Kathy Strong               :  "Welcome to FUBAR Corp., where there's  


That was the way I read the message.  Anything that starts "I have here a list"
can pretty much be assumed to be in the McCarthy vein.  Whether it is humorous
or serious depends upon context.  I can't remember if the actual list ever
surfaced, but I believe that the list J. M. shook around in front of the TV
cameras was a laundry list.

/craig