Re: LOL, ist der Newsletter kostenlos? (owT)

verfasst von Reikianer, 11.06.2003, 19:08

-->>Ein Auszug aus dem Dilbert-Newsletter (scottadams@aol.com)
><pre>Dumb Rich People
>----------------
>I recently read an article by an economist who said that poverty
>causes people to become terrorists. He used big words and was very
>convincing.
>Then I watched TV coverage of a high school hazing ritual in an
>upscale suburban neighborhood. Dozens of well-to-do Induhviduals
>paid for the privilege of sitting in a field and having mud, paint,
>garbage, eggs, pig guts, and excrement shoved up their nostrils
>while being beaten with blunt objects.
>I'm not an economist, but my theory is that you can convince a
>certain percentage of Induhviduals to do any dangerous thing,
>whether they happen to be poor or not. So let's stop picking on
>poor people. If peer pressure can convince 20% of rich kids to
>start smoking cigarettes -- and it does -- it isn't much of a leap
>to convince them to grow scraggly beards and drive exploding cars.
>It's mostly a difference in timing.
>Osama inherited half a billion dollars. So I rule out poverty as a
>cause of terror. I blame rich Induhviduals, and peer pressure.
>Peer pressure is the most powerful force on the planet, and we need
>to use it to our advantage. For example, I recommend that the
>Western media and politicians stop using the menacing-yet-cool
>phrase"Al-Qaeda" and start referring to the group as the
>"frickin' Induhviduals."
>Like the proverbial dog chasing a car, the Induhviduals haven't
>considered what would happen if they caught one. For example,
>let's say they (the Induhviduals, not the dogs) accomplish their
>stated goal of destroying the economies of the Western world. Is
>that really a good plan for people who live in a desert and import
>most of their food?
>Just for the record, if I'm down to my last potato, I'm not sharing
>it with a guy who wants to kill me so he can get a better supply
>of virgins in paradise. That lesson is a little thing I call
>Economics 101, infidel style.
>For the Induhviduals, it must look as if Americans are really dumb
>to have the most awesome arsenal in the history of the world and
>still be unable to stop terror attacks. They don't realize that the
>way Americans look at it is that, so far, we're"really mad," but
>not yet"REALLY, REALLY mad." Oh, there's a difference. Americans
>understand that somewhere between"inconvenient air travel" and
>"complete breakdown of Western civilization," the"REALLY, REALLY
>mad" part kicks in. I won't give away what happens then, but
>remember you first heard the phrase"New Iowa" in the Dilbert
>Newsletter.
>And let's stop calling the terrorist supporters"fundamentalists,"
>because that sounds like it could be a good thing. I recommend a
>more descriptive label, such as"slow learners," to keep things in
>perspective. Then let's airdrop science and economics textbooks on
>their terrorist training camps with condescending notes, such as,
>"Maybe this will help. Call us if you have questions."
>This would be a small step, in the sense that reading books about
>economics is only slightly better than suicide. But you have to
>start somewhere.
>That's my plan. If you have a better one, be sure to include it in
>your next newsletter.
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