On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:17:29PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" > > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:04:50PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 02:44:06PM -0600, Robert Seeberger > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you get beaten up a lot in school or something? > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you have trouble with girls in school or something? > > > > > > > > > > Erik, you really have not been paying attention!!!!!!
> > > > Person A makes crass implication about person B being the way > > > > B is because of things that may have happened to B in the past > > > > that are very weakly causal at best. > > > > > > > > Person B replies with crass implication about person A being the > > > > way A is because of things that may have happened to A in the > > > > past that are very weakly causal at best. > > > > > > > > What have I failed to pay attention to, Rob? > > > > > > Sexual orientation. > > > > And how have I failed to pay attention to it, Rob? > > <Incredulous Blank Stares> Sigh. The crass implication about person A was that person A "became" homosexual because of bad experiences with girls in school which was a written as satire of the implication that person B was being rude because person B was beat up a lot in school. And to get back on subject, your email reply had serious problems. It really mangled the quote lines. It took me longer to fix that then to type the reply. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
