toke
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posted on August 31, 2001 12:10:20 PM new
Dan...
Reading these boards on the internet, it never ceases to amaze me what different individuals find offensive. For that, I am not sure there is ever going to be an amicable agreement.
(Thanks for teaching me how to do the above, Barry  )
I think we're in perfect agreement there, Dan. I'm just venting...I haven't the slightest expectation anything will change...lol.
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godzillatemple
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posted on August 31, 2001 12:15:57 PM new
Thanks for teaching me how to do the above, Barry
My pleasure!
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The opinions expressed above are for comparison purposes only. Your mileage may vary....
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krs
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posted on August 31, 2001 12:24:54 PM new
I'm still waiting for uaru to voice his opinion on this volatile issue.
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Femme
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posted on August 31, 2001 12:30:11 PM new
Toke
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Dear Antiquary,
Would be more than happy to take you for a ride.
Edited to add:
Did you see the Gif KRS posted of me in my car? I had just taken him for a ride.
This was me:
This was KRS: 
LOL
BBL
[ edited by Femme on Aug 31, 2001 12:37 PM ]
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hepburn
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posted on August 31, 2001 12:38:08 PM new
Barry, I liked how you said that. Thanks.
Antiquary, good to see you again.
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Antiquary
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posted on August 31, 2001 12:51:21 PM new
A snapshot of Femme on a recent motor jaunt.
Sure I want a ride, Femme. But I'm already booked for the weekend; in fact, taking off shortly, but let's work out a time.
Hi Hepburn! Have a great holiday!
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donny
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posted on August 31, 2001 01:34:05 PM new
Ghandi said - "Be the change you want to see"
You want people not to label people? Don't label people. You want people not to attack people? Don't attack people. You want more tolerance? Be more tolerant.
Instead of saying you want change, be change.
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kraftdinner
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posted on August 31, 2001 01:37:25 PM new
donny -
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bunnicula
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posted on August 31, 2001 01:46:31 PM new
Wasn't Gandhi shot?
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stockticker
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posted on August 31, 2001 01:54:22 PM new
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donny
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posted on August 31, 2001 01:56:00 PM new
Yes, he was. But, before he was, he effected a great change, and far beyond the boundaries of his place and time.
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spazmodeus
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posted on August 31, 2001 01:58:33 PM new
Ghandi schmandi. He would have been voted off the island in Survivor.
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kraftdinner
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:01:23 PM new
Then so would Martin Luther King, and many others.
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toke
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:02:50 PM new
I don't think too many passive types are drawn to this board.
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bunnicula
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:11:10 PM new
gravid: I know that most people who post here seem to feel it has to be all or nothing - you are bigoted or not. ...How about you? If people will treat you OK for business but aren't ready to marry you is it a useless gesture?
NO, not a useless gesture. I think that it will be a long time before humanity is 100% color-blind, ethnicity-blind, religion-blind, etc. And in any case, people just usually aren't 100% anything. My uncle was a case in point. He and my aunt were very prejudiced & were incredibly upset to learn that a black family was moving into their neighborhood. But it was my uncle who, on seeing the new neighbor having trouble with a dead lawnmower, walked over & offered the loan of his & even told him that the mower was kept in an unlocked side yard & that he could help himself to it any time he wanted. And my aunt gave rides to the doctor when the wife was stricken with cancer & her husband had to take the car to work.
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hepburn
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:31:59 PM new
I had to rummage around, but I found it. This is something a friends sent me some time ago. I thought it fit.
>
> AN OLD MAN, A BOY AND A DONKEY WERE GOING TO TOWN.
> THE BOY RODE ON THE DONKEY AND THE MAN WALKED.
>
> AS THEY WENT ALONG THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO REMARKED THAT IT
> WAS A SHAME THE OLD MAN WAS WALKING WHILE THE BOY WAS RIDING.
>
> THE MAN AND BOY THOUGHT MAYBE THE CRITICS WERE RIGHT, SO THEY CHANGED
> POSITIONS.
>
> LATER THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO REMARKED, "WHAT A SHAME! HE MAKES THAT
> LITTLE BOY WALK." THEY DECIDED THEY BOTH WOULD WALK!
>
> SOON THEY PASSED SOME MORE PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE STUPID TO WALK WHEN
> THEY HAD A DECENT DONKEY TO RIDE. SO THEY BOTH RODE THE DONKEY!
>
> NOW THEY PASSED SOME PEOPLE WHO SHAMED THEM BY SAYING, "HOW AWFUL TO PUT
> SUCH A BURDEN ON THE POOR DONKEY AND WASN'T IT CRUEL.
> THE BOY AND MAN SAID THEY WERE PROBABLY RIGHT, SO THEY DECIDED
> TO CARRY THE DONKEY.
>
> AS THEY CROSSED A BRIDGE, THEY LOST THEIR GRIP ON THE ANIMAL, AND HE FELL
> INTO THE RIVER AND DROWNED.
>
> THE MORAL OF THE STORY?
>
> IF YOU TRY TO PLEASE EVERYONE, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE YOUR A$$. >>
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toke
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:35:25 PM new
Hepburn...
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hepburn
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:38:49 PM new
Toke
Antiquary, you have a great weekend yourself
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joice
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:42:15 PM new
hepburn, that must have been written my a moderator.
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kraftdinner
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posted on August 31, 2001 02:44:18 PM new
Hepburn -
joice -
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hepburn
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posted on August 31, 2001 03:06:49 PM new
Why, you could be right, Joice. I cant remember who sent it to me, but it sure couldve been. Maybe it was when I was sending all those emails complainin'
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zilvy
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posted on August 31, 2001 04:27:32 PM new
Quite the parable,Hepburn....
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Femme
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posted on August 31, 2001 06:39:15 PM new
]I don't think too many passive types are drawn to this board.
LOL, Toke.
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mybiddness
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posted on August 31, 2001 10:02:36 PM new
Benjamin Franklin had the right idea... Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
It's worth a try, I'm thinkin.
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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Linda_K
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posted on September 1, 2001 09:06:43 AM new
Disagreeing without being disagreeable is becoming a lost art. I agree.
I really admire those who are able to debate a different point of view without insinuating the other person is (insert your insult here) because they think or see an issue differently.
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donny
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posted on September 1, 2001 09:38:27 AM new
"(insert your insult here)"
Drunk? Racist? Snooty? Bigotted? Rude? Intolerant? Disagreeable? Do I have to choose only one, or can I choose one from column A and one from column B?
I just love these threads.
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godzillatemple
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posted on September 1, 2001 01:05:24 PM new
What I really hate are people who make sweeping generalizations about whole groups of people. Those people are truly ignorant and should all be shot.
Barry
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The opinions expressed above are for comparison purposes only. Your mileage may vary....
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toke
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posted on September 1, 2001 01:14:43 PM new
Ohhh Barry...
How could you say such a thing about Sweeping Generalists? They have a right to their feelings, too. I am deeply saddened. I truly and from the heart feel that I must (regretfully) say that I hate anybody who hates anybody.
Sorry.
[ edited by toke on Sep 1, 2001 01:16 PM ]
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zilvy
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posted on September 1, 2001 01:28:43 PM new
Ooops should I ask for a blindfold, Barry? After all I did enter the attorneys thread, even though I am not the author I admit to finding it humorous!
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Microbes
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posted on September 1, 2001 05:08:51 PM new
I think that it will be a long time before humanity is 100% color-blind, ethnicity-blind, religion-blind, etc
Very true, but here in the RT we are sort of [insert here] blind.
Can you tell me:
1. What color I am?
2. My ethnic origin(s)
3. My Religion.
Heck, I'm not even sure who's a guy and who's a gal in this place in some cases.
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