Stumbled on this. I was very taken by the attitude.
Disrespect for authority
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I had a friend at Uni He showed the strongest reaction to authority I have seen. After a couple of pints he would tiptoe up behind almost anybody Telling people what to do and scream UNIFORM at the top of his lungs just behind them . Just shows you want growing up in the peace camp at Greenham does for you .




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A healthy attitude,,if a little tiring after a while!Feck wrote:I had a friend at Uni He showed the strongest reaction to authority I have seen. After a couple of pints he would tiptoe up behind almost anybody Telling people what to do and scream UNIFORM at the top of his lungs just behind them . Just shows you want growing up in the peace camp at Greenham does for you .
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Meh, the Pope is too estranged from the real world to be considered a real man. More like an empty shell of what used to be a man.
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He is considered to be an authority by hundreds of millions, though.Mephistopheles wrote:Meh, the Pope is too estranged from the real world to be considered a real man. More like an empty shell of what used to be a man.
My father told me a common trick he used during WWII whenever he was given a 'dressing down' by a superior officer. He gazed at the figure of authority while being shouted at and imagined him doing that without any clothes on. That made the situation a lot more comfortable except for the extra effort required not to break out in a broad grin.
Now I'm thinking of 'The Emperor's Clothes'.
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