topaz
10/17/2011 4:27:00 AM
On Oct 16, 2:46 pm, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:34:39 -0700 (PDT), topazgalaxy
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> <topazgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 16, 2:25 pm, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:08:34 -0700 (PDT), topazgalaxy
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> >> <topazgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >On Oct 15, 3:44 pm, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:46:27 -0700 (PDT), topazgalaxy
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> >> >> <topazgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >On Oct 14, 6:09 pm, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> "moonpie" <mr_rc_moon...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> >> >>news:vbdg97pa76bgs0ac19jiq19p5hkdcs3h9i@4ax.com...
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> >> >> >> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:36:34 -0400, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
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> >> >> >> >>"moonpie" <mr_rc_moon...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> >>news:jhpd979get1ug2peoujd9kmqcrmbudo9g9@4ax.com...
> >> >> >> >>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:05:10 -0400, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo..com>
> >> >> >> >>> wrote:
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> >> >> >> >>>>"moonpie" <mr_rc_moon...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> >>>>news:gv4b97tqhfuh1lt4ghbdkag6dfmi556uq2@4ax.com...
> >> >> >> >>>>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:43:19 -0400, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
> >> >> >> >>>>> wrote:
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> >> >> >> >>>>>>"moonpie" <mr_rc_moon...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> >>>>>>news:g2g897tg4gg1l5t9hq94pkla9og9jdtcgh@4ax.com...
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> >> >> >> >>>>>>> exactly, and that idea right there, is whats totally askew in the
> >> >> >> >>>>>>> liberal I HATE THE RICH definition of what "corporate america" is.
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> >> >> >> >>>>>>You know, you get all bent out of shape when people stereotype
> >> >> >> >>>>>>conservatives. I suspect you'd get even more bent out of shape if
> >> >> >> >>>>>>someone
> >> >> >> >>>>>>came along and said "white southerners are bigots".
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> >> >> >> >>>>>>So maybe you shouldn't rely on stereotypes to characterize people you
> >> >> >> >>>>>>disagree with.
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> >> >> >> >>>>> or maybe I should simply start to insult them when they disagree with
> >> >> >> >>>>> me, like the way Blackmonk, Mac, and Ray do.
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> >> >> >> >>>>> maybe if they wouldnt keep displaying all the same old liberal
> >> >> >> >>>>> stereotypes, it wouldnt make sense to keep calling them on it.
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> >> >> >> >>>>> are you blind to the pattern of I HATE THE RICH that continually
> >> >> >> >>>>> manifests itself right here on this newsgroup? I see it over and over.
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> >> >> >> >>>>I haven't actually seen anyone say "I hate the rich".
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> >> >> >> >>> well, you're not reading very closely then. I guess you arent paying
> >> >> >> >>> any attention to Macs diatribes, or Rays recent hate-rant
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> >> >> >> >>Mac's in my killfile. I didn't see Ray say he hates the rich, but I did
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> >> >> >> >>where he says he earns a lot of money so in a sense he's rich, and I also
> >> >> >> >>saw where he said he went to business school.
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> >> >> >> >>> look, you can stop lecturing me Rich. You were happy as a clam to join
> >> >> >> >>> in on Zontars "southern bashing"
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> >> >> >> >>I'm calling you on that one, bub. Post the link or shut the fuck up.
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> >> >> >> > how sweet.
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> >> >> >> > you really are a prince aint ya.
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> >> >> >> > happy friday and have a nice weekend.
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> >> >> >> And there it is, folks. Fabricated accusation, asked to provide evidence (I
> >> >> >> provided evidence to the contrary), he doesn't address it at all.. Just
> >> >> >> pretend it never happened.
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> >> >> >I think all this fighting is rather silly.
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> >> >> It goes on everywhere - all over Usenet and in every group.
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> >> >Yes, you are correct. Sad but true.
> >> >In a way this group is a bit like our Congress.
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> >> A bit like our nation. Usenet is only a reflection of society. We
> >> just don't stop strangers in malls and on the streets and argue with
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> >......or write sentimental poems focusing on Yoko's breasts as M C
> >Hammered does and share them with the world.
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> >(no criticism Mr Charlie, just a little humor here).
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> >More seriously, I think that the state of being anonymous for many
> >people allows them to feel more free to say what is on their mind,
> >for better or worse. When any of us is in the mall, we are facing
> >another person or persons so it is a bit different.
> >I do agree that Usernet is a reflection of society, but perhaps, it is
> >a reflection of the society that is literate, and educated enough to
> >use and possibly own a computer.
> >There are still folks out there, around the world who have never
> >touched a computer.
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> Well, it's the concept of annonymous conversation, isn't it? We can't
> see who we are communicating with, and we tend to speak our minds.
> It's as if we are arguing with the computer itself.
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> Previoulsy, we would have to read books and newspaper columns to find
> the same kind of arguments we encounter on Usenet and in here. All
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Yes I agree with you