From: k206027@smog.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (Bakayaroo Banzai)
Subject: Re: Oliver Stone's  THE BIBLE
Organization: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH, Hamburg
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 12:49:26 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.113301.12945@waikato.ac.nz> hist1261@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>In article <1992Dec18.070233.21305@news.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE>, k206027@smog.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (Bakayaroo Banzai) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec17.113132.12846@waikato.ac.nz> hist1261@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>>>In article <1992Dec16.205511.29172@Virginia.EDU>, wht3a@Virginia.EDU (William Harmon Thompson) writes:

[........]
>Okay, I've got to bite here - apologies if it's the wrong newsgroup, but then
>I didn't start it (there's a bit of school yard logic right off).  What 
>"provoked" my statement was the posturing of dear old William who seems 
>desperately in need of a screening of "The Life of Brian" or perhaps even
>"The Last Temptation of Christ" (that is if his good book does not prohibit
>it).  Whether or not he is "correct" in his religious intrepretation is, I
>should imagine, quite another matter, certainly involving a little more than
>the perusal of a single volume of dubiously translated material.  I responded
>to the perceptible assertion in Bill's posting that if the big J.C. voted in
>the last U.S. presidential election he would have been a Bush man.  
>
You're reading an awful lot into both William's post and mine. Rather than
talking about films you seem to be interested in turning this group into
your own little political soapbox. William related his post to an on-
going discussion about casting Christ in an Oliver Stone movie. Your 
post relates to nothing except some rather gross prejudices on your part.

>That was about it.  Now if Herr Marchese wants to get all huffy and slag off 
>the small little islands of my birth he is most welcome, although I can't see
>how the good gentlemen could possibly link it to my original posting.  We in 
>New Zealand are quite accustomed to sheep jokes, and the nuclear policy is 
>about to be thrown out the window anyway (not that it particularly bothers me
>one way or the other).  If I were to be tempted down to that low level myself
>I could of course remember the immortal words of Basil Fawlty and "not mention
>the war".
>
You can mention the "war" all you want. I'm an American, not a German.
My disparaging of NZ would be as uncalled-for as your characterization
of William based on one paragraph of his post, hence the point.
If you want to post immaterial rants and childish political-baiting here
I guarantee you'll get flamed for it so take your lumps. William had a
point, if you disagree with it state your reasons or go away. 
The only one who seems to be "posturing" here is you. 

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