[Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion

[g. crabtree]

Mrs. Mix, Not only have you found the wrong tree to bark up, your not even 
in the right forest!
T.S. Crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
To: <jampot at adelphia.net>; <chasuk at gmail.com>
Cc: <idahotom at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>; <thansen at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion


>
> After a quarter-century of studies in the Scriptures, agonizing prayer 
> about the meaning of life and where I fit into it, doubts, triumphs, 
> losses and victory, you can imagine how relieved I was to hear our new 
> friend, Trinitarian Skylark Crabtree, announce that if you're not having 
> fun, there's no real point to things.  Presumably that not only covers 
> civic discourse, but all sorts of zany shenanigans as well.
>
> Whew.  And I used to think life was so heavy ... I shall now rise from my 
> sickbed and do something wacky and fun.  Maybe TP the neighbor's house or 
> something; I so love it when the unenlightened get annoyed.  Thank God 
> I've got my stash of NSA zoning stress balls.  They're fun to pitch at the 
> dog when she's sleeping.
>
> Note to self:  Call Anselm House to see if there are any new "Hooters" 
> jokes out ... to think I've avoided them for all these years!  Wonder if 
> Groucho Crabtree and Harpo Farris will give me some tips?  I guess I could 
> be "Libbo" ...
>
> So much merriment, so little time ... must get going ...
>
> keely
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> From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
> To: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
> CC: Tom Hansen <idahotom at hotmail.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com, 
> thansen at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:56:35 -0800
>
> Mr. Chasuk,  You can't imagine how sorry I am that my answer did not live 
> up to your rather lofty standards of "discourse." I have extremely low 
> expectations with regard to Mr. Hansen And I don't know why his should be 
> any different.
>
> With regard to my brief answer to the question of allowing N.S.A. the 
> right to have it's students and staff park downtown, I really don't see 
> how it could confuse you. It strikes me as massively unfair to single them 
> out for some kind of burdensome parking restriction. All businesses 
> downtown us up parking to one degree or another. Restaurants, coffee 
> shops, and apartments all require parking. I suspect that residents at the 
> Moscow Hotel use up far more parking in the Jackson st. lot than the 
> school does and there is still plenty of left over spaces.
>
> I hope that this reply absolves me of the mantle of silliness, 
> unreasonalility  and untruthfulness (awkward words, those) however,  games 
> should be played by everyone. If you aren't having fun, what's the point.
>
> Expansively, G.Crabtree
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
> To: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
> Cc: "Tom Hansen" <idahotom at hotmail.com>; <thansen at moscow.com>; 
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Council's selective compassion
>
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> On 12/13/05, g. crabtree <jampot at adelphia.net> wrote:
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>>   Just because you pose a question does not entitle you to an answer,
>
> If discourse is to have any purpose, yes it does.  There is little
> point in engaging in dialogue, after all, if one of the participants
> ignores those questions that he finds inconvenient or bothersome to
> answer.  As I imagine that you expect Mr. Hansen to treat you
> equitably, shouldn't his expectations be likewise?
>
>>and with the level of spin you put on your question, it fairly boggles the
>>mind that you refer to it as "simple" but here goes. Yes, thanks for 
>>asking.
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> Mr. Hansen didn't ask for a "simple" answer, he asked for a "straight"
> one.  A "straight" answer is not necessarily brief.  In fact, your
> answer is so brief (and contrary to reason) that I doubt its
> truthfulness.  Your answer was therefore neither straight nor simple
> (in that it confused rather than clarified).
>
> Silly games should be played by children, not adults.  It would be
> nice if more ostensible adults remembered this.
>
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