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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-11 08:01 PM
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23. I think that
what you said speaks for many people, including a significant segment of the DU community.

It's funny -- kind of, anyhow -- this reminds me of when, in 1980, my brother and I were at one of my brother's co-worker's home, to watch a boxing match. It was a strange evening, not one that I'd ever care to repeat. There were perhaps a dozen people there. About half wanted to watch the undercard, before the main event; the other half wanted to watch "Rocky" on another channel. Not only do I like to watch real boxing, and have never watched Stallone's fantasy flick, but it was an important co-feature bout.

More, I remember at one point, listening to some of the others debating the upcoming Carter vs Reagan bout, er, election. One fellow sitting near my brother was expressing his great admiration for Reagan. My brother said that Reagan was a buffoon. The fellow said, "Oh, so you like Carter!" My brother responded that no, not liking Reagan does not equate to liking Carter. (My brother was on the extreme end of the extreme left.)

I can confidently leave it to you to identify if the pro-Reagan/ "oh, you like Carter!" fellow wanted to watch real boxing, or fantasy.
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