Points to Ponder

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:46 am

Question 1:

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had eight kids already, (three of whom were deaf, two of whom were blind, and one who was mentally retarded), and she had syphilis; would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Question 2:

It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:

Candidate A:
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks eight to ten martinis a day.

Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college, and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.

Candidate C:
He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt
Candidate B is Winston Churchill,
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

And by the way: In answer to the abortion question: if you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.

Makes a person think, before judging someone with too little information.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:52 am

Before I saw your answer at the bottom,...

I picked "no"

& "C"......

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:56 am

I passed on C because he's a vegetarian

And I'm not sure that's wholly accurate. He had at least one mistress...

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:20 am

Well. . .your statement is not at quite on the mark for accuracy itself. Eva Braun was Hitler's "mistress", but he was not married to anyone else. He married Eva the same day they both died, so he really didn't have a chance to have an extra-marital affair.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:45 am

extra-marital = outside marriage. his affair with her was extra-marital whether he was married to anyone else or not

Man, imagine what a difference a couple of double cheeseburgers might have made in the course of history.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:02 am

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extramarital

Don't mess with me and words, seriously.

Now, if it had said pre-marital, maybe you'd have a point. One has to be married to have an extramarital affair.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:06 pm

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:43 pm

I voted for Churchill, I can understand him getting trashed after putting in a hard day's work.

angski · Post by **angski** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:59 am

Jeff wrote:
Garr wrote:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extramarital

Don't mess with me and words, seriously.

Now, if it had said pre-marital, maybe you'd have a point. One has to be married to have an extramarital affair.
If I'm not married, but I have an affair with a person who is married, isn't that an extramarital affair?

Therefore, one does not have to be married to have an extramarital affair.

Affair or no affair, didn't hitler do a lot of drugs? I only ask because I saw something about it on the history channel once.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:03 am

Yes, heavy doses of amphetemines.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:21 am

Jeff wrote:
Garr wrote:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extramarital

Don't mess with me and words, seriously.

Now, if it had said pre-marital, maybe you'd have a point. One has to be married to have an extramarital affair.
If I'm not married, but I have an affair with a person who is married, isn't that an extramarital affair?

Therefore, one does not have to be married to have an extramarital affair.

Logically speaking, you are not the one having an extra-marital affair, you are simply having an affair. The other person is having the extra-marital affair. Nice try, though.

angski · Post by **angski** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:17 am

bassjones wrote:Yes, heavy doses of amphetemines.

Hmmm, that would be something to ponder. Wonder why that never made the list. Guess it's all about how you look at things and how well informed you are.