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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