Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<2oeg1iF9p3diU7@uni-berlin.de>...
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> 
> > Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>John W. wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Yeah, Bush should have done something academic like going abroad and
> >>organizing protests against his own country while not inhaling, of course.
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry. Are you saying shirking of duty is OK, if the proper political
> > party is involved?
> 
> I am saying nothing of the kind. I was mocking John's notion of "academic."
> 
Since the original reference was to Clinton ("... after 8 years...")
then 'academic' applies. And I figure anyone who at the very least has
actually gone to war (regardless of how long and under what
circumstances) stands much higher in my regard than a man whose
morality and patriotism guided him to party and pick up chicks under
the guise of being a military pilot.

John W.