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And unfortunately, there are very few victims of Vandal attacks....although the citizens of Virginia got something of a scare on Saturday.....<br><br><div>> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:12:53 -0700<br>> From: jborden@datawedge.com<br>> To: godshatter@yahoo.com; ophite@gmail.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Rick Perry's Newest Problem<br>> <br>> BTW- "victims of cougar attacks" are commonly referred to as Huskies...<br>> and "victims of bear attacks" are commonly referred to as "Packers".<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Jay<br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com<br>> [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart<br>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:03 PM<br>> To: Andreas Schou<br>> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Rick Perry's Newest Problem<br>> <br>> <br>> I was using "we" in a society-inclusive way. We (as a society) should <br>> either whitewash everything or we (as a society) should grow thicker <br>> skin. We (as a society) appear to have chosen the first option, which I<br>> <br>> personally think is foolish.<br>> <br>> Paul<br>> <br>> On 10/03/2011 10:02 AM, Andreas Schou wrote:<br>> > Notwithstanding my objection to spreading naked etymological lies:<br>> ><br>> > You're not "we," Paul. You are utterly unaffected by the issue.<br>> ><br>> > -- ACS<br>> ><br>> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Paul Rumelhart<godshatter@yahoo.com><br>> wrote:<br>> >> My sometimes roundabout way of making a point isn't endearing me to<br>> some of<br>> >> the readership out there in Viz-land, so I'll just come out and make<br>> my<br>> >> point. Which is that almost everything is offensive to someone on<br>> some<br>> >> level, and those things that are not currently offensive may become<br>> >> offensive in the future because language and culture changes. We<br>> have two<br>> >> choices as I see it - either we whitewash everything to the point<br>> that we<br>> >> might as well not have mascots or place names more descriptive than<br>> "Idaho<br>> >> Creek 1347", or we grow a thicker skin and not get so worked up about<br>> these<br>> >> kinds of things.<br>> >><br>> >> Paul<br>> >><br>> >> ________________________________<br>> >> From: Tom Hansen<thansen@moscow.com><br>> >> To: Kenneth Marcy<kmmos1@frontier.com><br>> >> Cc: "vision2020@moscow.com"<vision2020@moscow.com><br>> >> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 9:08 AM<br>> >> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Rick Perry's Newest Problem<br>> >><br>> >> Mr. Rumelhart -<br>> >><br>> >> If victims of bear/cougar attacks or descendants of fourth- or<br>> fifth-century<br>> >> Roman ancestry feel disrespected by the University of California<br>> (Berkeley)<br>> >> mascot . . . or the Washington State University mascot . . . or the<br>> >> University of Idaho mascot . . . like us, they are free to exercise<br>> their<br>> >> first amendment right and loudly (and proudly) express their<br>> discomfort with<br>> >> those mascots.<br>> >><br>> >> Tom "not holding his breath" Hansen<br>> >> Moscow, Idaho<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> On Oct 3, 2011, at 8:49, Kenneth Marcy<kmmos1@frontier.com> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> On Monday, October 03, 2011 07:26:10 AM Paul Rumelhart wrote:<br>> >>>> It makes you wonder if someday descendants of the people murdered<br>> by an<br>> >>>> ancient East Germanic tribe when they sacked Rome and Carthage<br>> might<br>> >>>> someday look in horror upon a small college town in Idaho that had<br>> the<br>> >>>> gall to name their sports team after their killers.<br>> >>> The biggest problem with the Vandals sacking Rome is that they<br>> didn't do<br>> >>> it<br>> >>> often enough. It's too bad they didn't get to Nicaea and<br>> Constantinople in<br>> >>> the<br>> >>> century and a quarter prior to the Roman sack, as that may have<br>> prevented<br>> >>> a<br>> >>> lot of grief all around.<br>> >>><br>> >>>> Same thing with people that have been mauled by cougars or bears.<br>> >>> The descendants have less about which to complain in face of the<br>> realities<br>> >>> of<br>> >>> their ancient enemies being hunted and heated to extinction.<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> Ken<br>> >>><br>> >>> =======================================================<br>> >>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> >>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> >>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> >>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> >>> =======================================================<br>> >> =======================================================<br>> >> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> >> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> >> http://www.fsr.net<br>> >> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> >> =======================================================<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> =======================================================<br>> >> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> >> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> >> http://www.fsr.net<br>> >> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> >> =======================================================<br>> >><br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></div> </div></body>
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