Text 36578, 94 rader
Skriven 2006-08-11 20:16:19 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
  Kommentar till text 36577 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Frank - take a break (was CELEBRATION!)
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Hello mark.

11 Aug 06 20:45, you wrote to me:

 ST>>> You are an American hating (admitted) bigot who plans to
 ST>>> celebrate the  terrorist attacks of 9/11.  And "you" Have the
 ST>>> audacity to admonish Frank  for his statement about Hiroshima?
 ST>>> HA...!!

 ml>> shannon, i never saw him say that he would celebrate the 9/11
 ml>> that the WTC was attacked... in fact, in my mind, i actually
 ml>> wondered if he was speaking of the felling of the berlin wall...
 ml>> hello?


 JS>>      He stated "Or he can wait until we celebrate 9/11".

 ml> yes, that is accurate...

 JS>> Which appears to be referencing WTC.

 ml> appearances can be deceiving as we all know...


     Yes, but in this case he has explained what he meant and what he
was refering to.

 ml>  many of us use "plays
 ml> on words" to give the appearance of one thing whilst really saying
 ml> something else... all done in efforts to tweak other's noses and try
 ml> to get them all wound up... it is a never ending game in this and
 ml> several other echos... one on one side will get the best of another on
 ml> the other side and then the ball changes ends of the court and we're
 ml> off on another game of oneupmanship...

     Words are the tool that we use to communicate here. Some are more
articulate than others and some are also more adept at phrasing things
in such a way to say one thing but possibly suggest another. Then there
are those that excel in being able to see the possible buttons that can
be pushed in others. Also dare we forget those that seem determined to
have the last word. Now none of these traits are nessesarily bad. It all
depends on how they are used.

    Some people like to verbally joust with each other and consider it
more of a game than an attack of words. Then there are those that are
rather thin skinned and are set off my most anything.


 ml>  i just wish that everyone would
 ml> grow up and act their ages rather than keep spouting all this inane
 ml> blather and trying to be "the" top dawg in the kennel :( i've grown
 ml> extremely weary of it these last years and it is one of the main
 ml> reasons why i rarely ever participate in much of anything any more :(
 ml> :( :(


      Sometimes I feel that if I ack my age I would be dead. <g> Course
*I* choose to think of myself as a 24 year old who just happens to be
stuck in an old(er) body.

      I have been critisized by some for not responding in kind to some
when I reply to others. I too make a point of NOT reading all the messages
here and in other echos. Sometimes based on the poster and sometimes on the
subject. In a couple cases I have went back and read past posts so I would
have a better understanding of a situation before I responded further. I
personally dislike playing games with people. I wish people would say what
they mean and mean what they have said. Course I also know that life isn't
like that most of the time. Try as one might one must deal with the reality
of the situation.

 JS>> Based on context as well as the the thread it was posted in. I
 JS>> think it was meant more as sarcasm but shouldn't have been said
 JS>> because of the the way that it taken

 ml> it was said that was due to calculation and it was a known risk... it
 ml> also hook a few on the line who have been played a bit are either have
 ml> been let off the line or are about to be...

 JS>> and especially since it wasn't really meant. Also an appology has
 JS>> been made which would indicate acknowledgement of what event he
 JS>> was talking about. But I would like to consider the issue closed.
 JS>> And I hope we can move on to things more befitting discussion in
 JS>> this echo.

 ml> thank you...

 ml> )\/(ark

 ml>  * Origin:  (1:3634/12)

Jeff

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