[henry quirk]

Toad,

When I read this...

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So we shouldn't talk about any issues, then, lest we find we're just reacting to the media who told us about the issue in the first place.

We cannot discuss death, guns, war, destruction, crazy-ass-shooter rampages, celebrities, celebrity deaths, book reviews, movie reviews, sports, politics, comic strips, want ads, commercials, the advantages or disadvantages of laxatives, or Activia, music, gas prices, evil, good deeds, human suffering, the indomitable human spirit, fibromyalgia, cancer, bad dogs, good dogs, rats, tv shows, beds, clothes...

So, what do you guys want to talk about? The weather? No, that's on the news so I don't have my own opinion about it.

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...I take it in the spirit it was offered: one of bemusement. You, however, viewed it as an attack.

Thin-skinned is too polite an expression for you.

Bluntly: her comment was smart and funny...yours, reactionary and stupid.