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From: suhre@trwrba.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Possibly liberal offensive
Message-ID: <1095@trwrba.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 11:40:41 EST
Article-I.D.: trwrba.1095
Posted: Thu Nov  8 11:40:41 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 20:48:27 EST
Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA
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A liberal clergyman in a big city was mugged.  He had always
believed that there were no bad boys, only bad societies.  He
sermonized against any hint of police brutality.  He favored
cilivian police-review boards.  He said that "law and order"
was code for racism.

As chance would have it, the clergyman was scheduled to speak
to a group of elderly citizens a few days after he was
mugged.  He searched his soul to find meaning in his traumatic
experience.

When he mounted the podium to address the elderly crowd, he said
roughly this:  "I have gone through a great personal trauma.  
I have thought again about my views on crime.  And despite the
harsh and ugly act of violence unleashed upon me, I still believe
in my liberal principles."  There was dead silence in the hall.
Then an old lady in the rear cleared her throat and rumbled,
"Mug him again."