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Date: | Tue, 14 Dec 1999 01:54:09 +0100 |
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"Kyle E. Cleveland" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Trisha, sorry about your experiences with the masses.
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> Christmas just sucks, don't it? Well, that's what happens when
> we ain't got no dang meta-narrative. Too bad civility becomes
> an individual construct and not something our Daddies and
> Mommas didn't whup into our backsides years back. That, of
> course, is making the supposition that our parents punished us
> for discipline's (read learning) sake and not just because they
> were mad and wanted a defenseless kid to pound on (seems to be
> the experiential norm in this group).
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> As far as your "gentleman" being upset about his being diss'ed
> in front of his nephew, hmmm, seems to me that respect is not
> an inalienable right. Boy, Howdy! Aren't we as a culture hung
> up on our rights, too? Nevermind the responsibilities that go
> along with it.
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> Let's face it, Westerners are soft. We've got the time to be
> worried about our "rights". After all, not many of us are
> looking to see if we have enough rice or millet for our
> families to make it through another day. Let's see...which
> Pokemon character is supposed to take care of that one?
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Pick'n'Mix, isn't it?
Cheers,
--
Deri James
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