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From: brown@rochester.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Gaffes
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Date: Mon, 10-Oct-83 12:02:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 10 12:02:05 1983
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Should people have careers ruined by what they say (Watt) or what
somebody says they said (remember Butz?)?  Instead why not get a
member of the "offended" societal segment to pass a rejoinding
slur on national TV and call it even?  A country that hangs a guy
for saying "cripple" while reelecting lots of smoothies who actually
DO terrible things may need to reexamine its hold on reality.
	--Sometimes tactless but never ill-intentioned CB
	--PS not that Watt didn't (try to) DO terrible things, too...
		that's a different issue.  Back to Butz if you want
		a clear case.