On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 02:54 PM, Eric B. Richardson wrote: > What I objected to has to do with the term 'chicken hawk' which is > long term standing slang for a pedophile that is decades old at least. > The people who appropriated this term for this debate are aware of > that meaning, and by doing so, implicating our national leaders with > such connotations, is shameful and reprehensible behavior. I did not > object to the criticism. If I did, it would be along the lines like > this: Hmm, I don't recall ever seeing chickenhawk applied to pedophiles but dictionary.com agrres with you. However, following some links I find that books have been published using that term for helicopter pilots in Vietnam. Like other words, such as redneck (!), various interpretations exist. It does have an an amusing way of clearly stating an idea. --- I propose that all elections for public office be advanced two years so that anyone elected to office can serve a two year jail term for the crimes they are about to commit and that we will probably find hard to prove. Jack Rodgers Email: jackrodgers at earthlink.net Web: www.jackrodgers.com iCal: coming soon iBlog: coming soon