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From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Satire for the masses
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 22:24:04 EST
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   Yes, satire is funny, and to mark it as such (e.g., with smilies) would
significantly reduce the impact of the joke.

   If Riordan could write a reasonable approximation of an English sentence,
and spell (not to mention be funny) I might enjoy his "satire".

   As it is, I find his material remarkably unfunny, wasteful of bandwidth
at a time when the people paying the lion's share of the cost of supporting
this network are desparately trying to cut costs, and quite simply, annoying.

   Regardless of how I may appear to you here on the net, I am *NOT* a
western dogmatic.  In point of fact, I have many quibbles with western science.
I prefer to see such differences discussed in an intelligent, rational 
fashion.  I could hardly be accused of studying too much math or physics
(I flunked 1st semester calculus, and haven't repeated it yet, and have never
taken a physics class (not counting the machining course offered through the
physics department)).

   Matthew, I enjoy satire very much.  I have a fairly well developed sense
of humour.  I simply do not see any humour in Riordan's ranting and raving.

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