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To: Carry_Okie; John Semmens; Lurker
All good satire contains a grain of truth. John's usually contains several large grains. Thanks, John for putting me on ping.

I recently watched "Detropia", a kind of documentary about the current state of decay of Detroit. It was highly rated, but kind of poorly edited, nonetheless, IMHO. One of the reasons I watched it was because it was like a travelogue of the ruins of Detroit. I could see what the destruction that socialism always causes, without having to risk getting shot.

My point is that, as usual, your posts are a brilliant refracting lens of reality. Amazing.

31 posted on 12/28/2013 4:48:24 AM PST by Hardastarboard (The question of our age is whether a majority of Americans can and will vote us all into slavery.)
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To: Hardastarboard; John Semmens
All good satire contains a grain of truth.

Sure it does. Then call it that. The point is that the site describes itself as "Semi-News/Semi-Satire," thus implying that it is a mixture of both. One then must separate the two to appreciate the craft, which is obviously there. In a case like Detroit, sadly, there is no bright line as far as the eye can see, no matter Bing-bling there may be. I'm offering a constructive comment, in no way meant to disparage the effort.

34 posted on 12/28/2013 6:33:28 AM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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