Good point, Alex.

By the way, the thread I launched that compared George W. Bush to psoriasis ("2 Reasons why Dubya is better than psoriasis") may have unduly offended certain conservatives around here. If so, it's unfortunate, because the main purpose of that thread was NOT to go after George W. Bush...but to satirize 2 other threads which had appeared on that same day:

Namely..."99 Reasons why guitars are better than girls" and a counterattack that was launched against it called "100 reasons why guitars are better than men". I could not stand by and allow such annoying threads to go by without satirizing them. Accordinly, I thought..."what can I do that will make fun of these threads in a totally ridiculous way?"

I came up with a thread entitled: "12 reasons why camels are better than llamas". It turned out to be a lot of fun, and got a lot of contributions. Who needs 99 reasons, anyway? 12 are entirely enough.

Then I came up with an even briefer concept: "2 Reasons why Dubya is better than psoriasis".

Now, anyone who thinks that I was SERIOUSLY saying anthing about Dubya in launching that thread is missing the point. It was a satirical humorous attack on the men/girls/guitars nonsense, that's all. It was theatre of the absurd, and an obvious red flag to attract any liberal bull who might be pacing the arena at that moment, looking to make a wisecrack or 2.

I could just as well have said "2 reasons why Bill Clinton is better than a nosebleed", and it would have served exactly the same purpose. The joke was not aimed at the politician, but at the thread concept.

Okay? Ostracize me if you want to, but not over a mere silly joke...

- LH

p.s. And if I'm totally off the beam about this whole thing...well, it wouldn't be the first time that happened, I'm sure.