It should be pointed out that the following post, which I didn't bother to read, marks the 40th post this week to Fairfield Life by Judith Stern. She *knows* that she's way over the agreed-upon limit, and she *doesn't care*. What she feels compelled to say is far more important that what the limits that the community here has agreed upon.
That's all I wanted to point out. Do with it what you will... --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 9/25/07 9:46:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > jstein@ writes: > > > > > > In [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (mailto:[email protected]) , > > > MDixon6569@, MDi > > > <snip> > > > > Actually Lurk I thought the little boy was quite cute and > > > > sang beautifully, but for somebody to say "they were almost > > > > converted to Islam on the spot", based on a cute child, sweet > > > > voice and luring melody was pretty emotional and lacked > > > > reason. > > > > > > What lacks reason, MDixon, is that you took my > > > obviously wildly hyperbolic comment literally. > > > > > > Unbelievable. > > > > > > Judy, didn't you tell me once that you almost converted to > > > Judaism? For me to say your comment was based on emotion and > > > lacked reason would make your statement obviously hyperbolic > > > in nature to me and that is why I called him a *cute little > > > devil*. I was mimicking your hyperbole. > > > > Exactly. Even I got that. And you *know* how I > > loathe some of your political ideas, right? :-) > > So if I could get it, and get the point you were > > making, why couldn't...uh...others? > > No, sorry, this is all crapola. > > MDixon, I didn't think seriously about converting > to Judaism on the basis of listening to a little > kid chanting during his bar mitzvah on a two-and- > a-half-minute video. Apples and oranges. I don't > even know why you'd bring it up unless it was to > suggest that my remark about converting to Islam > was serious. > > My comment about the kid Koran singer *was supposed > to be humorous*. Humor frequently "lacks reason." > Silliness--including in the form of obvious > hyperbole--is one good way to tell a remark is > meant, you know, humorously. > > Humor also, however, frequently reflects something > real. In making this obviously humorous comment, I > was acknowledging that I had been moved by the beauty > of the kid's singing--by the *music*. Even if the > words were the most hateful imaginable, the music > and the kid's voice would still be beautiful. So > there's zero basis for you to mock me for > appreciating the music on the grounds that I didn't > know what the words meant. > > Barry characterized my remark as a "knee-jerk > reaction." If he considers responding to beauty > as nothing but a knee jerk, I feel very sorry for > him. > > And if he doesn't think emotion can be reflected > in humor, he deserves everyone's pity. > > > Could it possibly be...uh...taking themselves a > > bit too *seriously*? > > Yes, Barry and MDixon were both taking *me* more > than a bit too seriously, MDixon because of his > bigoted view of Muslims, Barry because he saw a > chance to demonize me. They were the guys afflicted > with jerky knees, and as a result, they both now > have their mouths crammed with feet and are having > great difficulty saying anything even remotely > sensible. >
