Seeing The Light

This bit of unintentional self-satire happened to arrive in my inbox (actual press release - NOT from The Onion):

BRIAN MOORE, CIVIC ACTIVIST, SOCIALIST

NEWS RELEASE
TIME SENSITIVE
Effective Immediately
Thursday, November 26, 2009
For more information, please contact:
Brian P. Moore (352) 686-9936 or cell (352) 585-2907

FLORIDA ATTORNEY REALIZES HE IS "STRONG REFORMER, BUT NOT A REVOLUTIONARY," AFTER HEARING SOCIALIST

Dunedin, Florida, Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2009:

Mark W. Brandt, an attorney in Dunedin, Florida, and coordinator of a recent speech by invited guest, Socialist Brian P. Moore, to the "Center for Inquiry" (CFI) in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, November 21, 2009, wrote Moore a letter after the speech saying that he now realizes he is a "strong reformer."

In a letter dated November 23, 2009, Mr. Brandt wrote a letter of thanks for Moore's speech on socialism to the Tampa CFI group, as well as stating that the (CFI) organization strongly supports the position that "we should be exploring alternative ideas and views in all spheres of our life."

Attorney Brandt also further wrote in his letter that Moore's talk "helped me crystallize some of the issues facing us." Brandt continued that "while I don't see myself as a socialist revolutionary, I do have the increasing belief that people must be paramount over a profit in all aspects of life."

Brandt concluded his letter by stating that "Your talk helped confirm in my own mind that I am probably a strong reformer, but not a revolutionary."

Moore expressed satisfaction from the letter, stating that "We need people from all economic walks of life to be open to real change, even if it means a radical transformation." "Planting the seeds," Moore stated, "furthers that process."