The fine art of missing the point
Paul Mackin
paul.mackin at verizon.net
Mon Mar 6 08:49:00 CST 2006
On Mar 5, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Keith McMullen wrote:
> Damn, I hate it when I behave unwarrantedly.
Yes, you should know without having to be told that the
indiscriminate use of undigested knowledge is only postmodernity at
work.
>
> third_eye_unmoved at hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> my objection has less to do with sacred cows than it does with
>> applying intellectual nitcombs to the field of comedy.
>>
>> And yes, it is very, very trite.
>>
>> And yes, I did grasp full concept of the collective
>> unconsciousness, even before you clairfied your point.
>>
>> And no, I don't think using the Hicks quote to support my belief
>> that Barry Manilow qualifies as a musical equivalent of the Ebola
>> virus really warranted a footnote on his mis-application of the
>> concept.
>
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