Date:         Sat, 10 Feb 2001 11:14:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Radish150 <radish150@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Radish150 <radish150@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oh my butt hurts from that spanking! (no content)
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First of all, I would like to make it clear to some of you, that AT NO TIME was I ever
the target of anyone telling me to "stick to the subject" or telling me not to "cuss".
That's because I WAS sticking pretty much to the "rules" and I only once used any sort
of profanity on the list (barely), in the form of the word ass. So, you see I was not
taking anything personally, I was responding to a perceived tendency for people on this
list,  to be very quick to impose their ideas of decorum to OTHERS (such as Mr. "Thing
and others). So when I said "get off my ass" I was speaking for others, not my (ass).

Now in the case of Mr. 3rd grade insult man, despite my feigned indignation, I was
really more surprised by the level and nature of the comment than I was personally
offended. In retrospect though, I'm sure I had it coming given the "outrageous" nature
of my post. So, Sir Walter, your right, I should be able to take a joke. So, Ha ha, yes
it was pretty clever, never even heard it before. Sounds like it was out of some little
paperback "book of insults" though.

Oh well, I guess I shall put too bed this issue. It's worn out it's welcome no doubt. I
will say though, for all your information, that the P-mail responses were about mixed as
far as "for and against" my post.

I'm now going to (as per Sir Walter) go practice being philosophically consistent, go
look for those pesky redundancies, and pursue something constructive.

See you in church,
Mark...


P.S. Illogical?

Sam Walters wr

> Mark,
>
> After that outrageous, illogical, infantile rant that you dumped on all
> of us the other day, I think you need to be a bit tolerant for a while.
> Well, actually, you need to be very tolerant and philosophically
> consistent for a long time.