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<DIV>Doug Wilson has defined and explained what an Intolerista is and has.</DIV>
<DIV>I'm a charter member of the Intoleristas and let me tell you I've been
cheated, and I'm darned mad about it.</DIV>
<DIV>According to Doug Intoleristas are:</DIV>
<DIV>1. listeners of NPR, </DIV>
<DIV>2. are urbane, hip, sophisticated</DIV>
<DIV>3. dialogue with others,</DIV>
<DIV>4. do not run with scissors</DIV>
<DIV> 5. subscribe to <I>Mother Jones</I>,
<I>Rolling Stone</I>, and <I>The Nation</I>, </DIV>
<DIV> 6. drink coffee the beans of which were picked
in a way that didn't involve corporations</DIV>
<DIV>7. embrace a sort of scratch and sniff
diversity</DIV>
<DIV>8. the poseurs of diversity</DIV>
<DIV>9. sample spicy foods at an international
potluck, </DIV>
<DIV>10. nod sagely whenever someone refers to the best
Thai restaurant </DIV>
<DIV>Doug claims that Intoleristas have:</DIV>
<DIV>11. little plug-in aroma dispenser that smells as
though somebody somewhere, on the other side of the world, might believe and
live differently, </DIV>
<DIV>12. a CD player that has the murmuring forest
noises of indigenous peoples around the globe living and believing differently
far, far away</DIV>
<DIV>13. a ten thousand dollar slate shower that
makes them feel like they are in touch with the rhythms of the earth, </DIV>
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<DIV>Actually I have subscriptions to the <EM>Quilter's Newsletter
Magazine</EM> </DIV>
<DIV>and<EM> Martha Stewart Living</EM>. My husband is a faithful
reader of the Ec<EM>onomist </EM>and <EM>Business
Week</EM>. Joan enjoys <EM>Scottish Life</EM> and Melynda
loves <EM>Friends Journal. </EM></DIV>
<DIV>I listen to NPR but am not urbane, witty or sophisticated....I do run with
scissors and don't play well with others</DIV>
<DIV>I don't drink very much coffee but I am told that some of our coffee beans
come from the Winco - which I suspect does have some corporate
affiliation. Some of our coffee beans come from the Co-op. I'll
check with them Doug, on their buying protocols, after they have moved into
Garts - you know the building that didn't get sold to you? (Your revenge
motives for are transparent even to an unsophisticated person
like me.)</DIV>
<DIV>I can't remember the name of the best Thai restaurant I ever ate at, but it
was in fact in Bangkok, about a block east of the river and the food was
delicious - (no need to nod sagely, Doug).</DIV>
<DIV>Don't have plug in air purifiers, don't need them. The odor of
sanctity permeates and perfumes our home.</DIV>
<DIV>My CD doesn't play forest music - I open the back door for those
sounds. My CD player does play many, many, many Irish
songs (many in Gaelic - how's that for pretentious, Doug?), gospel,
especially Mahalia Jackson, Tremain Hawkins, and Sweet Honey and the
Rock, Native American powwow music (is that indigenous enough to quality,
Doug?), Billy Bragg, kd lange, Eva Cassidy, Joan Baez, and
Potato Head.</DIV>
<DIV>But what I am really BITTER and ANGRY about is the total absence of a
$10,000 dollar slate shower. I just don't have one, and apparently to be
an Intolerista I should. Would you ask the Deacon's Fund managers to look
into this for me, Doug? Darn it all, considering all the shit thrown at me from
you and other church members, the least thing I deserve it is the right
kind of shower in which to wash it off. I am a charter member of the
Intoleristas and I would be sick and sorry if my secret membership card was
yanked because I don't meet Intolerista standards.</DIV>
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<DIV>Now, back to the real world. What is the name of the club for
folks who wilfully disobey city zoning laws, Doug? Never mind, I think I
know --they are called Kirkers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rose Huskey</DIV>
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too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing
something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan<BR></FONT><FONT
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