Re: Santa Claus (not really, so calm down)

[Jack Rogers <Jack_Rogers%UT_TYLER@notes.worldcom.com>]

"I don't know, Jack.  Are you serious about engaging me, or is this
just another of your elaborate hoaxes that simultaneously reveals how
many silent watchers out there want to marry me but don't say so for
fear that I will drop them and also reveals that my expectation that
engagements be sincere is in itself chilling of discourse?"

My reply:

Not really serious about engaging you.  No hidden agenda, either.  

To a more serious note: 

Still can't figure out why people are so "head up" about the MPJ thread from 
this address.  My point is that what people write does impact those who read it 
-- sometimes in a negative manner.  Critical speech often produces a "chilling 

effect" in those who perceive of themselves as either less powerful than the 
"speaker" or disenfranchised from the process within which the speech was 
uttered.  Justify "freedom of speech" all you want, but don't forget the 
responsibility that goes along with that freedom.

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