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Do ya think ya can give it a rest?

Elle,
The only reason I stay on this list is so I can argue with Herb. No other  
reason whatsoever. Please don't ask me to quit cold turkey.

Rummy

In a message dated 5/3/2008 10:51:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
watermusic38 at yahoo.com writes:

Herb,

What I meant is that the discussion is  past the 'information' point. You are 
not changing anyone's mind & they  are not going to change yours. 

So any more  discussion is a waste of time since y'all will just continue to  
argue..

I enjoy these discussions (usually) because  of the divergent points of view 
and the (usually) intelligent discourse. But  this discussion is past that 
point.

I don't know  you, have never seen you, but what I see in my mind is you 
holding one of the  other Rhodies who disagrees with you up against a wall with 
your arm against  his throat. I don't believe this is a true depiction of you 
but that is the  image this discussion has presented.

Perhaps we  forget to remember that we are Rhodies-compatriots first; these 
discussions  just fill in the blanks until we can all get back on the  water.

'Pace,'...please.

elle

Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>  wrote:
You know elle, I'm convinced that one of the current ills of  society are 
because no one has the guts to say something that's "against  the 
majority". I'd say that this list is pretty much  left-leaning.

Rummy calls the president "dumb", and a "son of a bitch",  and that's OK.

I call him on it, and I should "give it a  rest"

Ed is regularly called all sorts of rude names on here, and  that's cool 
(because so many think he's rude)

I see a rude  statement about the President, and give back what he's 
giving, and I'm  chastised.

A certain unnamed user cries foul for being accused of  promoting 
socialist programs, when he talks about supporting socialist  programs, 
and we are asked to not do that anymore, since he obviously  finds it 
offensive (which, btw, I've done to this point),

But then  that same user regularly gets on her and makes snide comments 
about me,  and often to me, and it's ignored.

Frankly, I think a bunch of you guys  are hypocrites. But that's OK, it 
still makes for interesting  reading.

I'm anxious to see if/when one of the lefties on say "Hey,  that's a 
little over the top" when someone accuses a Harvard MBA and two  term 
president of being a "dumb son of a bitch".

When I DON'T see  that happen, I'm going to guess it's OK to determine 
that it probably came  from some ignorant hick, especially when it goes 
largely unsubstantiated  beyond "becuase I said so".

elle wrote:

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