--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3rd offense Lawson. I'm afraid this time you're out for > three weeks. We'll miss you. Toodles.
I just wanted to chime in and agree with Rick that I will, in fact, miss Lawson during this hiatus. I think his contributions here lately have been valuable and measured and largely free from the overthetopness of the past. But the bottom line is that Lawson was suckered into an argument about elitism by the most elitist person on this forum, and it obscured his ability to keep track of the number of his posts. What, after all, could *possibly* be more elitist than the person whose position, essen- tially, is "I am right and you are *all* WRONG?" What could *possibly* be more elitist than saying (let alone believing) that "I am smart and you are *all* REEEELLY REEEELLY STOOOPID?" Speaking as someone who grew up in a military family, I can support Lawson's statement about McCain's upbringing as the progeny of Admirals. There is little on planet Earth more elitist and with clearer demarcation lines between the elite and the non-elite than officer and enlist- ed man, and the children of officers and the children of enlisted men. Basically, there was such a strong and tangible boundary line that the kids of officers rarely even talked to the kids of enlisted men. But this argument that "took out" Lawson wasn't about "elitism" as it appears in politics. It was about the elitism of the truly insane, who would rather score imaginary points in meaning- less arguments than be a human being. I've been diligently NOT reading anything that this particular insane person (and her partner in insanity) have written for the last two weeks, but I have been reading Curtis' and Lawson's posts, because they are NOT insane, and they both have witty and insightful things to say. But occasion- ally they both get caught up in Interfacing With Insanity, and I can't help but see some of the things that the two insane women are writing. And it's scary. It's scary because it's not about the issues they claim it is. It's only about Borderline Personality Disorder, and the constant need on their part to set up confrontational situations and "win" them in their minds. As far as I can tell, neither of them cares a damn about any of the things they claim to care about here. The ONLY thing they care about is that this latest issue has provided them with their latest excuse to provoke arguments. And the only thing that matters to them is the ability to *keep arguing*. If you think like them, *keeping arguing* IS the only thing that matters. If no one will argue with you, then how do you "prove" that you're right and they're WRONG? If no one will argue with you, how do you "prove" that you're smart and they're REEEELLY REEEELLY STOOPID? If no one will argue with you, how do you *demonstrate* how very, very, very elite you really are? Hint: If you don't bother to read these two dried-up old bitches' posts, and you completely ignore their equally dried-up bitchy attempts to lure you into an argument, they're not very elite at all, are they? They're just dried-up old crones so lonely and so unhappy that the only joy they derive from life is arguing, flapping their gums in front of more sensible people who are ignoring them completely. When you come back, Lawson, I hope you learn from this experience. Ignore their silly asses. Let them live in their fantasy worlds all by themselves. You've HEARD what they say here; you KNOW what their biggest fear is. They say it all the time, in slightly different words. Their biggest fear is that no one hears them, and that nothing they say matters. Make it come true.
