Believe it or not years ago I was great friends with a very liberal co-worker. We got along splendidly and talked about even highly contentious subjects with no problem ever occurring. One day during lunch we were discussing what ifs. I brought up what if we had a civil war and it was the Conservatives fighting the Liberals for the future of the country. After much discussion I looked him squarely in the eyes and said, my friend should that be the case I'd have to gun you down just like I would all the enemy but I want you to know Id do so with a very heavy heart. He didn't even flinch, just smiled and said, Id do the same to you but want you to know I wouldn't be happy about it at all..
I paused , thought for a sec. and told him, well you have no concept of what a relief it is to hear that!!
Here I was thinking that you'd do it with the same happy face that you wear when voting to steal my money to buy votes and make life easy for the worthless lazy slobs!!
I got nothing but silence from him for about four days. Then he approached me and said, you brought that subject up just to be able to deliver that last line , didnt ya?
I smiled and said, could be, could be amigo. He smiled and said , well pull the danger out my friend it struck home and has been hurting for four days now.
I turned my back and said, you first amigo , mine's been rusted in place for a couple decades now , yank very , very hard!!
He merely smiled and replied, was wondering when you'd notice , are we still on for Saturday night poker game??
I replied, Sure amigo, I welcome the chance to take your money fairly..--
, and I always did until he got another job, moved to Cali.. He was a lousy poker player but still a good guy.. Kinda rare as far as liberals go..-
His name was Jonathan Becker, I've always wondered how he faired in Cali.. --Tyr