--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > >> On Jun 13, 2009, at 1:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > >> > >>> Carlos Castaneda said it best: "Self-importance is > >>> self pity masquerading as something else. Self pity > >>> is the real enemy and the source of man's misery." > >> > >> This describes, Edg, Judy, and rd to a tee...Alex > >> has also lately gotten a bit with the program, but I'm > >> guessing for him it's only a passing fling. With > >> the others it's evolved into a full-time career. > > > > Huh? What kind of self-pity have you seen me post? On the IP > > thread, I basically said, "This is the technical reality. > > Ignorance of it doesn't change anything. Deal with it." On > > the Letterman thread I posted that I understand where Palin > > is coming from. On the "Gay BLT American" thread I posted a > > relevant current event news story. > > OK, you understood how Palin would suggest > that Letterman was a pedophile--over a joke?
I understand why she's upset over the joke and why she is rejecting his apology. This story first came to my awareness when I watched the YouTube video of his apology. I either didn't know or didn't remember that Palin has a 14 year old daughter, so the whole underaged theme just didn't register with me. I assumed the joke was about Bristol. It was only later that I came across an article that explained that it was 14 year old Willow who had actually attended the game, and it was at that point that I could see both sides of the issue. As I pointed out in another post, the sexual content of the joke and the details of the current event it's based on are incongruous. You seem to be insisting that the only aspect that carries any weight is that the joke is logically about Bristol. However, I don't see why the reality of who was actually at the game should carry any less weight.
