[Rhodes22-list] Re: List etiquette. Inflammatory rhetoric

Sun Oct 2 03:14:01 EDT 2005

Again:
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bitch  (bch)
n.
1. A female canine animal, especially a dog.
2. Offensive 
a. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
b. A lewd woman.
c. A man considered to be weak or contemptible.
3. Slang A complaint.
4. Slang Something very unpleasant or difficult.
v. bitched, bitch·ing, bitch·es Slang 
v.intr.
To complain; grumble.
v.tr.
To botch; bungle. Often used with up
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Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
  1976 O'Day 25
  Lake Grapevine, N TX

S/V Reve de Papa
  1971 Coronado 35
  Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast

>>> saroj at pathfind.net 10/2/2005 1:52:30 AM >>>
Herb,

ok... sounds like we're going to have a "depends on what the word
'xyz'
means" conversation

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... "one who bitches is a bitch"...  huh? is that really what you
meant,
Herb?  I dunno...sounds pretty tame considering all that sputtering and
the
red face.
*---
My face never got red, nor did I sputter. That's once again, you
assuming what your assumptions as reality.

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just curious... exactly what 'sexual proclivities' does the word
'bitch'
imply?  I must not run in the same circles... have no idea what you
mean...
or is it when a woman says to her man... "yo, you my bitch"... is that
what
you meant?
*---
2b from above, a lewd woman
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my ancestry? as in "son of a...." or "the bitch is about to whelp" or
...
jeesh, you've got me stymied again, Herb.
*---
1 from above, a female dog, of course, a female dog would have to come
from a long line of dogs
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...better get my "language only used in the gutters" dictionary out so
I can
get educated and less ignorant.
*---
I don't think there's much chance of you actually learning anything
new. That would require an open mind of some sort. You already know
everything, nothing new to learn.
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as for your apology... you are apologizing for us ignoramuses 
misinterpreting your
statement?  You been taking lessons from Brownie?  "The only mistake I
made
was to not insist that the governor of LA and the mayor of NO sit down
together and work out their differences."  [pause for barfing]
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You displayed your ignorance when you blathered on about my limited
exposure to the world. You THOUGHT you knew something about me, turns
out it was about as well-founded as many of the other assumptions you
make.

As for what "Brownie" said, that wasn't it. That may be how you report
it, but that wasn't what he said. Throwing in little things "only" and
"insist" changes the meaning of what he actually said, which was "I very
strongly personally regret that I was unable to persuade Governor Blanco
and Mayor Nagin to sit down, get over their differences, and work
together". Don't know which part of that makes you want to barf. Do you
somehow believe that the mayor and governor were getting over their
differences? We are talking about the "enforced manditory evacuation"
mayor and the "he's not authorized to do that" governor. Sounds to me
like they had differences. Or maybe you think he didn't strongly
personally regret it?

He went on to state that his department made mistakes. So, it wasn't
quite the "the ONLY mistake I made" report you're giving.

But then, you've not been particularly truthful in many of the postings
you've made here, have you?

Now, you ready to tell us again how "North American Indians ... they're
all drunks and slackers"? That WAS a direct quote from you...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: List etiquette. Inflammatory rhetoric

Well, since you've decided to make our private conversation public,
I'll 
respond publicly:

To all (including Saroj):

My reference to Saroj as a "bitch" in no way questioned her sexual 
proclivities or her ancestry. My reference was as one who complains
without 
cause and out of ignorance. One who sails is a sailor. One who bitches
is a 
bitch.

If anyone received the statement in any other way, I apologize for my 
misinterpreted statement, but NOT for the sentiment.

Misconstruing one's personal beliefs is a personal attack, whether it
is 
couched in politically correct language or not. I have never "met" more

intelligent, well meaning people than some of those I've met on here.
At the 
same time, I've never met more ignorant, close-minded, hateful people
that 
some of those that I've met on here. I'll leave it up to the list to
decide 
which individuals fit into which categories.

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
  1976 O'Day 25
  Lake Grapevine, N TX

S/V Reve de Papa
  1971 Coronado 35
  Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast

>>> <R22RumRunner at aol.com> 10/1/2005 11:09:09 AM >>>
Herb.
I'm not going to debate this with you. Calling Saroj a "bitch" is
unacceptable. Having an intelligent discussion is acceptable. We all
agree 
that  we
don't all agree, but can discuss it without inflammatory rhetoric.
Telling
someone to "fuck off" is acceptable bar language. Name calling is not.
It 
will  get
you into a fight in any bar I've ever been in and that's why I stay out
of
bars. The more I drink the worse my vocabulary becomes and I end up
doing 
things
 I might later consider stupid.

Rummy

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