Re: Re: Wow.

From: Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:48:27 -0800

Christophe:

Ross Jeffries is the name Paul Ross adopted in later life. He was a
funny guy who hated Brother Jed and liked to heckle him at UCLA, but I
felt Paul/Ross was a bit of a misogynist; I spit beer at him once at a
party to express my contempt for his attitudes (and because I was
drunk).

--J



On 10/29/06, Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a connection between hostility and humor; sometimes it is the
> most twisted people who are the funniest.
>
> A lot of fundamentalists end up being an awfully bad witnesses, and
> their doctrine of separatism is, to my mind, unscriptural.
>
> --J
>
> On 10/27/06, mikal9000_at_comcast.net <mikal9000_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The preacher's name was Jed Smock, and I believe his crass, bigoted and
> > hateful ranting turned me (and countless other students) OFF to the *Good
> > News* for years. It took me a long time to discover Christians like Thomas
> > Merton and G.K. Chesterton, who are to that guy what Beethoven and Mozart
> > are to GG Allin.
> >
> > At the time, I thought Paul was funny as hell. Now, I believe he just
> > represents an even nastier and more vapid form of self-loathing and
> > barely-concealed misanthropy.
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: David Coons <yahoo_at_artscans.com>
> > > In fact, I believe John has in his film archives some footage
> > > of a very short interview we did with the Reverend ___ that Paul
> > > Ross was heckling once at UCLA. It's possible that Paul's heckling
> > > forever diverted us from religious observance by wrapping a
> > > kind of verbal condom around the great pontificator..
> > >
> > > But then again, we may never know.
> > >
> > > dc
> > >
> > > tschibasch wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, of course.
> > > >
> > > > A long time ago I discovered Paul Ross had a wikipedia entry of his
> > > > own. But should we be so surprised?
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
Received on 2006-10-29 21:52:21