Plonk. -- Bob Leigh [email protected]
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Bouman MC <[email protected]> wrote: > My use of the term "cotton pickin' " was for the purpose of > aliteration, not racism. Why would anyone think of this phrase in > racist terms? I personally know of white woman from Latvia who > emigrated just after WWII with her family (as a child) to Tennessee. > The whole family picked cotton by hand in the fields. No language > skills, no job...unless you can pick cotton. Then they got a cross > burnt outside of their front door and they got the hint that nobody > thereabouts wanted Latvian immigrants and they moved to New Jersey. So > goes life. Back to the email question. > > > > 2016-03-22 6:56 UTC−04:00, Bouman MC <[email protected]>: > > Back to the core question: Which of these email services will be the > > first to turn over all date to the feds? What do I have to hide? > > Nothing. What do I want? My constitutional perogatives that this > > country used to have. MCB > > > > 2016-03-22 6:40 UTC−04:00, Gordon Marx <[email protected]>: > >> Hi MC, > >> Why do you think I want to hear from you? > >> > >> Before you respond, think about why I would say that to you. Remember > >> that you started a thread where a bunch of people said a bunch of > >> foolish shit, and you started it by saying something you shouldn't > >> have. You didn't apologize, you still haven't apologized, and I'm sure > >> that even if you tried, your apology would sound flat and insincere, > >> because you don't even know what you did. As a result of that thread, > >> I left BLU, and then you decided it was a good idea for you to email > >> me privately. Think *really* hard before you hit send on a response, > >> and even then, you probably just shouldn't. > >> > >> Gordon > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Bouman MC <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> My use of the term "cotton pickin' " was for the purpose of > >>> aliteration, not racism. Why would anyone think of this phrase in > >>> racist terms? I personally know of white woman from Latvia who > >>> emigrated just after WWII with her family (as a child) to Tennessee. > >>> The whole family picked cotton by hand in the fields. No language > >>> skills, no job...unless you can pick cotton. Then they got a cross > >>> burnt outside of their front door and they got the hint that nobody > >>> thereabouts wanted Latvian immigrants and they moved to New Jersey. So > >>> goes life. Back to the email question. > >>> > >>> 2016-03-16 7:02 UTC−04:00, Gordon Marx <[email protected]>: > >>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Rich Pieri <[email protected] > > > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> When C's "persuasion" takes the form of social or political pressure > >>>>> applied to A in order to coerce A to conform to C's ideals and morals > >>>>> then it most certainly is oppression. > >>>> > >>>> Oh, I understand now. You don't know what oppression means. I was > >>>> right when I said you were insulated from the outside world! > >>>> > >>>> Peace out, BLU. Whoever was complaining about the SNR was right, but > >>>> not in the way he (and it was DEFINITELY a he) meant it. If anyone > >>>> wants me to continue telling them why their idiotic beliefs about how > >>>> to act in society are idiotic, feel free to follow up privately, but > >>>> I'm off the list as of right now and won't be back. > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Discuss mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>>> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
