Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]at my previous employer UBS (swiss bank) people followed the company line like swiss-made automata when they well realized what they were doing were wasteful, theorically unsound, immoral, and possibly illegal. these people were "drinking the cool-aid" and no reasoning with them could dissuade them from their glassy-eyed single-file march of destruction. remember these were the characters who in the late 90's shredded the nazi documents in the middle of the night, and then fired the security guard who discovered the act. (christopher meili affair) - -rei On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 04:07:39PM -0700, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Brian > > Ummmm---------. Don't overly criticize yourself. I didn't have > to be an ex-English Major to grasp that one. > > Jerry > > Brian Reid wrote: > > > Sometimes I make references that are just too obscure. When I say "drink the Kool-aid" that is a reference to the 1978 Jonestown massacre in which people demonstrated their belief in something that they knew intellectually could not possibly be true. Here's an etomology: > > > > <http://www.wordspy.com/words/drinktheKool-Aid.asp> > > > > > And by the way, Brian, if B.D. and I sat down to Kool-aid at the table, > > > we'd toast you, for all you do in letting the rabble stay in! - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html