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Subject: Thought for the day - March 9th From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 09 Mar 00 - 08:29 PM (Well, it's actually March 10th by now where I am, but Mudcat time rules...)
Silence is the unberable repartee (Chesterton) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: katlaughing Date: 09 Mar 00 - 08:59 PM And my husband is a Master at it! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: Bill D Date: 09 Mar 00 - 10:50 PM "When I say nothing, I don't necessarily mean nothing." Ashleigh Brilliant...."Potshots" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: Little Neophyte Date: 09 Mar 00 - 11:52 PM I love silence. It is amazing what it will produce. Ever see the movie Being There? People will make the most interesting assumptions based on your silence. You can also save yourself a great deal of energy by allowing some of the drama to float on by. Little Neo
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: katlaughing Date: 09 Mar 00 - 11:56 PM Ah, Chance the Gardener...thanks for the reminder, LilPhyte |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: Bill D Date: 09 Mar 00 - 11:58 PM "Being There" is a classic!...I would watch it once a year just to remeind myself |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 10 Mar 00 - 02:54 AM |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 10 Mar 00 - 02:55 AM There! How eloquent was that? --seed |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: thosp Date: 10 Mar 00 - 03:14 AM i love coffee i like tea java java java java it likes me peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: GUEST,John Gray / Australia Date: 10 Mar 00 - 04:55 AM Hey McGrath, you're not reading from 5000 Quotations For All Occasions are you ? ( Please don't tell me that my copy isn't the only 1952 print left in the world ! ) Two quotes above Chesterton's is the ominous one by Pope Boniface VIII, "silence gives consent". I trust I'm never so afflicted. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: Little Neophyte Date: 10 Mar 00 - 07:45 AM Charles, your home! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: Crowhugger Date: 10 Mar 00 - 08:31 AM Ah, so it was the Pope who decided that silence means acquiesence, and not resistance! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: Ringer Date: 10 Mar 00 - 09:36 AM "Least said, soonest mended." "Silence is golden." My father, born 1888, a farmworker, had many old saws, one of which was "If I've note to say I say note" (Nottingham dialect, not Yorkshire), which still strikes me as worthy of emulation. (He would also say, in approbation, "You'll mek a man before yer Mother" (pronouncing "Mother" as spelt, not "muther"), and, in disapprobation, "Yer like an old man wi' a wooden leg made a' smoke"). kat: I think most wives regard their husbands as taciturn (I know mine does); we, for our part, tend to think our wives garrulous. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: annamill Date: 10 Mar 00 - 12:59 PM thosp, One of my favorite songs called "Java Jive" I love coffee, I love tea, I love the Java Jive and it loves me. Hubba Hubba Hubba Hub boy. YES! I have "Being There" in my collection. Of course I'm now the proud owner of 12,000 tape. I probably have it a couple of times ;-) One of my favorites. I've often wondered how often in real life this happens. Actually, this movie may have been intrumental in they way I question everything and do not except it all at face value. "is this real??" Love, annap |
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Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the day - March 9th From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 10 Mar 00 - 04:03 PM "Silence presumes consent" - it was a pretty general legal position, and I think it still applies, in certtain situations.
Makes a lot of sense in certain situations. For example if you know someone is committing some kind of crime, and don't make any objection, you have to be some kind of accomplice, unless you've got strong grounds for it.
For example when your government is engaged in some kind of unjust war.
(No John, I haven't got that compendium. I've got a lot of books by Chesterton. Like Shakespeare, he's full of quotations - open any page and you find yourself saying "so that's where that comes from.")
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