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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jim's scenario is a compliment to the kind of thing
that Moreno might do. But here's another scenario problem: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> My wife and I were trying
to piece it together and had an epiphany: An alternative scenario:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> So the story unfolded as it was
reported but there was a time delay. (I'm doing a Sherlock Holmes, here,
considering different possibilities no matter how outrageous and discarding
those that don't compute.) So what occured to us is the following. Prof.
Gates gets in the house, whew. Hey, how about a little drink? No one here, maybe
a not-so-little drink. A little later the cops arrived. Gates might
have been a little tipsy and inclined to be foolishly belligerent.
Could he admit it? Would he, even later? Might it collide too much with his
professorial status? Could the cop dare suggest this out loud? Unless he
reeked, he could deny it. The focus would be on the "not in my own home
indignation scene." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Did
anyone even think this rather obvious alternative?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Why would a man get
belligerent and self-righteous with a cop? You want to be very calm with a
cop: He's trying to find out what's up, and lives at a state of
near-overload of perception: He's like a soldier in Iraq. Very humble, low-key,
take out all your papers. Calm, calm. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Never ever get uppity with a cop of
any race. They don't know if you're gonna pull a gun on them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial> And no one has a drop of
beer beforehand! It makes you stupid. There are situations in which a
little numbness and stupidity are okay. Perhaps that's why Obama had Biden as
back-up. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Sorry, I was raised on silly
folk music in college and used to sing the satirical temperance song, "The Song
of the Salvation Army," and this situation makes me think that the song isn't so
dumb. "Just one little drop...." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> And as for your wondering if you're
grandiose regarding </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>about your intuition
about using psychodrama for conflict resolution: Well perhaps I'm
equally grandiose: </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <A
href="http://www.blatner.com/adam/level2/conflictres.html">http://www.blatner.com/adam/level2/conflictres.html</A>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Anyway, here are
the </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>song's lyrics: The Song of the Salvation
Army (popular around 1955 when there was a lot of folk music at
college)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <!--StartFragment --><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> We're coming, we're coming our brave little band,<BR>On
the right side of temperance we now take our stand;<BR>We don't use tobacco
because we do think,<BR>The use of tobacco will lead to
drink.<BR> CHORUS: Away, away, with rum, by
gum,<BR>With rum, by gum, with rum, by gum,<BR>Away, away, with rum, by
gum,<BR>It's the song of the Salvation Army.<BR><BR>We never eat </FONT><A
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has rum,<BR>And one little bite turns a man to a bum,<BR>Oh can you imagine a
sorrier sight,<BR>Than a man eating fruit cake until he gets tight.
(Chorus)<BR> <BR>We never eat cookies they have yeast,<BR>And one little
bite turns a man to a beast,<BR>Oh, can you imagine a man more
disgraced,<BR>Than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face.
(chorus)<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=+0><FONT face="Times New Roman">We never
eat peaches for peaches ferment, </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=+0><FONT face="Times New Roman">And a
peach will ferment at the least little dent,<BR>Oh can you imagine a thought
more obscene,<BR>Than a man getting tight on peaches and cream.
(chorus)<BR><BR>We never drink water, they put it in gin,<BR>And one little sip
and a man starts to grin,<BR>Oh, can you imagine a sorrier plight,<BR>Than a man
drinking water until he gets tight? (chorus)<BR><BR>We never </FONT><A
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wine,<BR>And one little drink turns a man to a swine,<BR>Oh,can you imagine a
sorrier sight,<BR>Than a man drinking tea and singing all
night?</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">
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