<pre><tt>Joan Opyr writes:<br><br><br>PPS: Do something with your life, Donovan. You're not too young to <br>enlist. Or join the Peace Corps. Or go build houses for Habitat for <br>Humanity. There are people out there who are the genuine victims of <br>persecution -- learn to speak Spanish, or Chinese, or Vietnamese, or <br>the language of the working class, and get yourself out there and help <br>them. Waving your short sword around in defense of a load of fat, <br>bearded, privileged white guys is just plain sad.</tt></pre> <br> Yes Joan, I want to enlist. Especially since I know the US, especially Bush, has only used its troops for good actions in the last 50 years. As for learning a new language, I am having enough trouble with English, especially in written form. In terms of helping the poor, the disadvantaged, the down trodden, and the ignored, I have not needed to leave Moscow for that. Why don't you try to do something with your life Joan? You are still
living with your parents at nearly 40 years old, and your job is about making people feel bad and dividing the community. Why not put your writing skills to good use, building communities, building people up, instead of ripping them down all the time? When was the last time Joan Opyr helped a member of her community through action, not just rhetoric? Spending your life sitting in your parents basement with cats and personally attacking a group of people because they are white fat bearded Christians that disagree with your viewpoint in life is truly sad and a waste of your literary talents. <br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Joan Opyr <joanopyr@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Apr 11, 2006, at 7:59 PM, J Ford wrote:<br><br>> Of course, his "blogmiester"Courtney has to have his say:<br>><br>> "I wonder how this complaint would be handled if it had
the names of <br>> 20 black families on the list? Or 20 Jewish families on the list. <br>> What's next: mandatory arm bands? "<br><br>First, I would challenge Dale to name 20 black families, or 20 Jewish <br>families, or 20 families period outside of his immediate social group <br>who believe that being called to answer for blatant and repeated <br>violations of the law is "persecution." Second, if I were Dale, I <br>would be damned careful not to go down the armband route; that leads to <br>a pretty offensive analogy, and one that does not hold up under <br>scrutiny.<br><br>Instead, I suggest that Dale and his illegal boarding house cronies <br>pony up for matching T-shirts that read "Serial Offender. What are you <br>looking at?"<br><br>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment<br>www.joanopyr.com<br><br>PS: My father-in-law, Don Huskey, is a decorated Marine Corps veteran. <br>He's a man I love and admire for his kindness, his rationality, his <br>unfailing courage and
his strength of character. Don Huskey signed his <br>boarding house complaint (which, I would note, was only one of three). <br>Putting your name to a civic action that is bound to win you as many <br>enemies as it does friends is not the mark of a coward. A coward is a <br>snotty little git who sits on his fat fanny in a dimly-lit room and <br>types empty insults on a public chat group.<br><br>PPS: Do something with your life, Donovan. You're not too young to <br>enlist. Or join the Peace Corps. Or go build houses for Habitat for <br>Humanity. There are people out there who are the genuine victims of <br>persecution -- learn to speak Spanish, or Chinese, or Vietnamese, or <br>the language of the working class, and get yourself out there and help <br>them. Waving your short sword around in defense of a load of fat, <br>bearded, privileged white guys is just plain sad.<br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by
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