@wandeljw,
Quote:I am not sure that spendius recognized the satirical tone.
I think you mean ironic wande. One could hardly hold up religion to ridicule as a vice. Religion defines vice.
And if you read your own thread you would know that I read it in the spirit it was intended. I have said so twice in these recent exchanges on what is quite an important matter. What else could I do? You don't think I thought a chap like fm would think of fast-track Rehabilitation Centres, like the one Dr Benway had in Naked Lunch, for the religiously inclined. Although it did strike me that they were only to be for the recalcitrants who had resisted the "stick rattling in the bucket" trick or were not cowering in their hutches keeping their gobs shut.
But even amateur Freudians will tell you that there's a thought behind the jest. That's how you can tell misogynists. It's as good a test as litmus paper is for pH. No bullshit test. Objective.
He probably imagined supervising my retraining.
It will never be forgotten. Not the sentiment however coyly it was phrased.
And if Imur was not on my side he wouldn't have taken the trouble. He's a sporting man as I am. Hard, fair and to win.
