You can call Usenet a democracy if you want to.

You can call Usenet a democracy if you want to. You can call it a
totalitarian dictatorship run by space aliens and the ghost of Elvis.
It doesn't matter either way.
-- Dave Mack

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  Marlene...
• Naturally the common people don't want war... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy,
  and it is always a simple matter to drag the people...
• If women call you a Jock,
  can you call them a napkin...
• Can I call you Ms
  Dos ...
• You can call me Will or Willie but
  not Bill...
• You can call me Hal, or you can call me Pal,
  or you.....
• Oh, ya doesn't have ta call me 'Johnson'! Well, you can call me 'Ray',
  or you can call me 'Jay', or you can call me 'R.J.'...
• If you call some animals pets,
  how can you call other animals dinner...
• Call me back so I can hang up
  on you...