A VERY VERY NEARLY TRUE STORY.... by Bridgemeister Gibson

( A week back , the following conversation took place when a rather irate Bigot-Johnson confronted Pamela  Pantopod in the corridor of the Slaughter House BC )

B-J : Hey ...Pantopod.....I want a word with you

P : What about ?

B-J : What about....I'll tell you what about.....it's all that slagging off you do about the committee....what with your open letters to members strewn about the club on seats and notice boards.....scurrilous articles in the club's unofficial underground newsletter.....e-mails sent out by you to all and sundry packed full of poisonous criticism.....not to mention all the highly damaging comments about the committee you publish on twitter....

P : Yes....it's called free speech

B-J : Sod free speech......this relentless and unwarranted criticism adds up to a complete betrayal of trust and loyalty to the committee and this club.....in fact by blackening the good name and reputation of the committee members,  we feel obliged to consider your actions as  injurious to the character or interests of this club

P : Surely members are entitled to hear the truth, and any opposing views to those taken by the committeee ?  Members have a right to be informed about what is really going on inside this club.

B-J : Listen muppethead.....ignorance is bliss......our job as committee members is to pull the wool over the members' eyes.....to keep the lid on things.....to misinform members who would otherwise get worried and upset.....heavens above.....they only come here to play bridge and not to get embroiled in political controversies...

P : So you don't believe in my right to free speech ?

B-J : Absolutely not....speaking out against decent ,  highly committed ,  hard working, selfless committee members is an outrage....

P : Oh...so how do you explain these comments you put in an-email...... to  the previous committee............ when they tried to suppress your criticisms as a concerned ordinary club member .....quote....." Is information which the club should have, and which reflects badly on the Committee, not allowed to be broadcast ? Where has free speech gone ? Have we reverted to the days of Stalin ? "

B-J : You numbskull.....you just don't get it.... when you're on the outside looking in certain rules apply.....but then everything changes completely , when you find yourself on the inside looking out

P : Now I would call that blatant hypocrisy...

B-J : What !.....

P : Yes....you've no answer to that....have you ?

B-J : Bugger...