[Vision2020] love letters or a desperate cry for attention?

[Tom Hansen]

Applying Andreas' logic, Joe . . .

Only Mother Teresa can cast the proverbial stone.

No. Wait.  Didn't she once wear white after Labor Day back in the 40s . . . or
was it the 50s?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> Does my calling someone a hypocrite require that I have never been
> one? There is a fallacy here.
>
> But I will give you the point that Gary is entitled to say what he
> means, just as I was. I did not mean to suggest otherwise.
>
> And I'll give you the point that I have had far worse posts than this
> one by Gary -- actually his was rather poetic, which I appreciated.
>
> But to compare Big Bertha to Know Whether, Man (this is even funnier)
> is a bit of a stretch, no?
>
> Joe Campbell
>
> On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:00 PM, Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Joe --
>>
>> No real criticism here, but: do you remember your attacks on No
>> Weatherman? Just saying: the reason this sort of thing has two sides
>> is that neither is required to police their own hypocrisy.
>>
>> -- ACS
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>> Gary: Do you forget your defence of No Whetherman (hah, hah)? I
>> think it was, Names don't matter, arguments do!
>>
>> Joe Campbell
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:46 PM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My Dearest Bertha,
>>>
>>> I get that you aren't interested in contributing to the discussion.
>>>
>>> I get that you are not swayed by my suave good looks and worldly
>>> charm.
>>>
>>> I get that my powerful intellect and rapier wit bounce off you
>>> seemingly unnoticed.
>>>
>>> In fact, I am coming to believe that you imagine you don't really
>>> care for me at all. (wink,  wink)
>>>
>>> All of these things I can understand.
>>>
>>> What I can't understand is why you are frightened of me.
>>>
>>> The waifish Ms. Lund delights in spitting in my eye.
>>>
>>> The diminutive Ms. Mix gleefully reads me the riot act.
>>>
>>> The delicate Ms. Hovey never hesitates to point out my failings as
>>> she sees them.
>>>
>>> And all of them do it over their very own real life names.
>>>
>>> What could I have done to scare you into hiding?
>>>
>>> Many of my most vocal critics on this forum have actually spoken
>>> with me face to face and emerged none the worse for wear.
>>>
>>> What could I have done to cause you to cower so?
>>>
>>> What horror could I have inflicted on you that leaves you with no
>>> recourse but to hurl pitifully weak epithets from the safe harbor
>>> of anonymity?
>>>
>>> Or could it be that you simply yearn to be noticed?
>>>
>>>
>>> g
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Gray Tree Crab aka Big Bertha
>>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:17 AM
>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Habeas Corpus at Bagram
>>>
>>> The village locksmith said:
>>>
>>>
>>> "My goodness isn't the nascent little ambulance chaser cute when he
>>> gets all up on his hind legs and brays about how others should be
>>> ashamed?
>>>
>>> The reason that I don't "defend torture" is because that  I see no
>>> compelling need to. As I've said before, I do not believe that
>>> waterboarding is torture, I do not believe that the previous
>>> administration had a policy promoting the use of torture, and  I
>>> don't think that your pretending to be the arbiter of all that is
>>> righteous, pure and holy necessitates my responding to every idle
>>> quack and query that's directed my way.
>>>
>>> Now how's about you knock it off with the phony shame routine and
>>> save it for closing arguments in kiddy court alright?"
>>>
>>>
>>> Before anyone criticizes the lonely locksmith over this only
>>> apparently puerile outburst, they need to understand the pressure
>>> he is under.
>>>
>>> His business is so busy that he is constantly on edge.  In fact, it
>>> is so busy that he may have to expand into the next door
>>> laundromat.  As one of the area's leading entrepreneurs and
>>> entrepreneurial philosophers, he is to be cheered for his daring
>>> and incisive business acumen in these hard times.
>>>
>>> He is our leader.  Cut him some slack if he seems irrational and
>>> childish.  He is going where few dare to go.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gray Tree Crab aka "Big Bertha"
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