[78-L] Bigots

[Bob Rice]

  Thank You, Mark. Well said. I'll be on talking about a box of rekkurds I 
just bought in a tag sale. Good stuff from a bygone era.

     Seeya

     Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bigots


> buster wrote:
>> Silence implies consent, so when simmons spewed hate, I decided to
>> speak up.
>>
>> Why didn't you?
>>
>>
> Because, as happens so many times with these discussions, facts and
> subjects stray from their original intentions, then get taken out of
> their original contexts. And yes, we should perhaps not even be treading
> upon some of this, here where the spinning disk meets the needle and the
> pleasure should remain there.
>
> I just pieced the entire conversation back together, where we began
> talking about Sinatra and Sikhs and burnt churches. Like the Sikhs and
> the Amish, and like people who have been wronged everywhere, we should
> not dwell on the revenge and the hate, but return to our productive ways
> as soon as possible. I find this the most superhuman act and the most
> obvious sign that there is a power greater than ours at work amongst us
> if only we subscribe to its presence.
>
> Should we chalk it up to a little "keyboard rage", as in "road rage",
> and get back to our regularly scheduled program?
>
> We should all remember that words on the internet can cause problems
> because they are so easily separated from their original purpose.
>
> -- 
> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. #:?)
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>
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