#267735 - 06/08/04 12:15 PM
You Be The Judge
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 06/04/03
Posts: 1698
Loc: Brier, Washington
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Here are some questions requiring you to judge people:
> Question 1: > If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, > three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, > and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion? > > Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one. > > Question 2: > It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote > counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates. > > Candidate A - Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with > astrologists. He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 > to 10 martinis a day. > > Candidate B - He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used > opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening. > > Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't >smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife. > > Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first, no peeking, > then scroll down for the answer. > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================= > > > > > > > > > Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt. > > Candidate B is Winston Churchill. > > Candidate C is Adolph Hitler. > >And, by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, >you just killed Beethoven. > >Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. >Never be afraid to try something new. Remember: Amateurs built the ark. >Professionals built the Titanic and in case you never saw this one...... > > Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more > than 500 employees and has the following statistics: > > * 29 have been accused of spousal abuse > * 7 have been arrested for fraud > * 19 have been accused of writing bad checks > * 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses > * 3 have done time for assault > * 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit > * 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges > * 8 have been arrested for shoplifting > * 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits > * 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year > Can you guess which organization this is? > > Give up yet? > > It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of >idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep >the rest of us in line.
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#267736 - 06/08/04 01:46 PM
Re: You Be The Judge
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 13508
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GP2,
Ya’ got me bad with that one! Based on too little information, I chose Hitler over Roosevelt only because Roosevelt consulted astrologers. I figured anybody in politics must associate with crooked politicians because it just comes with the territory, but doesn’t mean they are necessarily corrupt. There were no negative attributes listed with Hitler. Shouldn’t the information have included time in jail or prison? I thought Hitler wrote Mein Komph (sp) in jail. I didn’t figure smoking, drinking, and philandering were significant factors for rating a candidate’s ability to do the job. Getting kicked out of office happens way too infrequently, so I figured that doomed Churchill’s chances.
As for question 1, there was too little information. Were the other kids born deaf, blind, and retarded? Or were there external, non-birth-related factors. Given that limited info, I was leaning toward recommending aborting poor ol’ Beethoven.
I’m inclined not to judge people without a reasonable amount of information, nor making out-of-context judgements, but I made an exception here so I could play your game.
Gadzooks! The Congressional statistics are absolutely frightening! 84 DUIs? 71 can’t get a credit card? I can’t keep the offers out of my mailbox. Being a defendant in a lawsuit doesn’t really connote a negative value about someone. And being accused of something is often a long ways from being convicted of it, although it should elicit a closer look at a person. And this is the best Congress money can buy? I’m very disappointed.
Sincerely,
Salmo g.
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#267737 - 06/08/04 01:50 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/07/00
Posts: 2955
Loc: Lynnwood, WA
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I got this strange feelin' that a visit to http://www.snopes.com would probably clear up a lot of the inaccuracies in the above post.
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#267739 - 06/08/04 02:05 PM
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Three Time Spawner
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#267740 - 06/08/04 02:07 PM
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