Posted by Edwin Jackson on July 27, 2000 at 04:34:53:
In Reply to: Re: Out of Context? posted by WDO on July 27, 2000 at 04:16:15:
I have to agree with Linnette to some extent on this one - frankly there ARE times when I think we have too much personal freedom. Maybe only 1% of the time but there certainly are times. What if Clinton was speaking at the NAACP and discussing an event where thousands of skinheads came out and said that slavery was good and should be brought back into the mainstream and adopted as a federal law? What if he was speaking at a MADD meeting about a person who drove drunk a dozen times, killed 12 people but got away to kill again because the justice system keeps on giving these people a slap on the wrist because of "personal freedom."
I'd like to know at LEAST what the topic was and who Clinton was speaking to and the paragraph before and after this quote to get proper context. After all I could send you some quotes from every president alive or dead that would make your skin crawl without the context they came with...
I remember another president who preceded "slick willy" who had an even slicker name - Mr. Teflon Ronald Reagan. There are some quotes from that guy that would burn your hair off!
I could take a quote out of one of the cycle reviews that would make you think the Savage stinks when in fact the FULL review said it was an excellent bike.
The point is when you hear something the words themselves are not enough - the context makes the message.