<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <DIV>The exchange has gone like this so far:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>>At 06:47 PM 10/30/01 -0500, Todd Archer wrote:<BR>>>Kelley said:<BR>>><BR>>> >you, doug, are a charismatic leader<BR>>><BR>>>Just don't go around saying, "These are not the Lefties you're looking<BR>>>for" to the NYPD, eh?<BR>>><BR>>>Todd<BR>><BR>><BR>>charismatic authority doesn't mean that people are droids. indeed,<BR>>charismatic authority isn't a bad thing in and of itself.<BR>><BR>><BR>>kelley<BR></DIV> <DIV>No, Kelley, that wasn't the joke.  You called Doug a charismatic leader; the first thing that popped into my head was the scene in Star Wars where some Imperial stormtroopers begin to question Luke and Obi-Wan Kenobi about C-3PO and R2-D2.  Kenobi makes a pass and uses his charismatic force power ("These are not the droids you're looking for.") to make the troopers believe what he says.  I then imagined Doug in a brown robe and plastic lightsaber, marching at the head of a protest march, using his "charisma power" on the NYPD (who then promptly take him to the soft room because his great charisma only works on LBO-Talk).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Todd</DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>