Fw: [Vision2020] "Happy Hour" is not what Aristotle had in mind

[rvrcowboy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rvrcowboy" <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>
To: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Happy Hour" is not what Aristotle had in mind


> On 5/31/06, Chasuk posted this, in response to one of my earlier posts:
>
> On 5/30/06, rvrcowboy <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net> wrote:
>
> > As a redneck I would just sum it all up like this... "Never too much
fun!"
> > Makes sense, it's to the point and it doesn't waste time.  See, wasn't
> that
> > easy?
>
> That doesn't come close to summing up Nick's words.
>
> I'm sensing animosity on your part towards Nick Gier.  Recently, we
> discussed the rejuvenating effects of taking a break from Vision2020,
> and you took such a break, but I'm not seeing any evidence that it did
> you any good.
>
>
> I answered it with this, in a private email, off the list:
>
> I did not intend to "sum up" Nick's words.  The whole point was that his
> words had nothing to do with the original debate of whether, or not, he
was
> serious about supporting our troops while making posts condeming them
before
> they were even tried for the accusations against them.
> >
>  As usual, Gier went off on some lengthy tirade about a topic totally
> disconnected from the point being debated.  He is a pompous ass who tries
to
> change the topic when he is out of explainations for his actions.
> >
>  Just because I took a week off does not mean I have changed my philosophy
> of life or my understanding of what it means to really support our troops.
> It certainly does not entail posting the venemous crap Gier pedals as
fact,
> even if it did come from the New York Times.  He posted it to make a
> statement supporting his politics and be damned the effect on those with
> family in Iraq or those fighting there.
> >
>  He is a total ass.  He is arrogant.  He is exactly the problem I see
>  happening in this country today.  Tony was not so far off in his
> assessment.
>
>  People like Gier make me retch!
> >
>  I don't give a damn whether Gier supports our troops or not.  What I am
> sick of is those who contiunally tear our military apart and seek to
> disgrace our soldiers to further their own political philosophies.  Gier
> does it constantly.  I repeat:  He is an ass!
> >
> He is also a phony, a fraud and an outright liar as far as I am concerned.
> He believes the debate is automatically won by the side that presents the
> most intelluctual argument, regardless of whether that argument had
anything
> to do with the original question or not.  He evades the answer to any
direct
> question and hides behind his academic shield of precieved knowledge.
> >
> > He definately is an ass!
>
>
> 'Then, on 5/31/06, Chas posted this to the public forum:
> He then proceeded to post my entire private email to the public forum with
> the following statement:
>
> " Despite my earlier request, Dick took public dialogue and tried to
remove
> it to the private sphere.  I reproduce it below:"
>
>
> Did I miss something here?  I have no clue what the "earlier request" Chas
> mentions is all about.  He must believe himself to be so important that
> everyone reads every single thing he posts.  He posted an answer to mine
and
> I answered him in a private email and he posted my answer to the public
> forum.  I don't give a damn but what I don't understand is why he has HIS
> panties in a knot about it.  Who does he think he is?  Who made him the
> final decision maker on what is private and what is public?
>
> It isn't like I made a threat to him in my private post.  I leave that up
to
> those who are "diverse" and "tolerent" and "accepting of the views of
> others", (at least as long as they mirror their own views).
>
> I thought I was being polite by only posting my answer back to him,
> privately.  I thought it was senseless to continue to drag the topic out
any
> longer in the public forum.  I had made my point, Gier had made his
> (whatever it was) and there was no reason to continue it.
>
> Dick S.
>
> >
> > >
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