Or overwhelmed?
On 7 July, 06:33, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now you have me laughing! How about overjoyed? :-)
>
> On Jul 6, 11:37 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
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> > Sorry, rigsy. But the word overrun and vermin seem to naturally go
> > together. Other words that fit in with overrun are horde,
> > infestation. What else is one usually overrun with. If it's
> > something joyful, then it's overwhelming, if it's something tedious
> > and boring then it's overburden, if it's burnt it's overcooked. Over
> > is just a prefixual indicator of something not good. Nothing personal
> > there. And you were right the first time, it was harsh sounding and I
> > reacted to another straw of blame on minorities. It's just a bug in
> > my craw.
>
> > On Jul 6, 5:10 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > I have to wonder why you picked the term "vermin", frankly. That's a
> > > pretty loaded word to imply was my intent or meaning. I am simply
> > > stating a fact that is quite obvious. And it does impact on our
> > > culture and politics. It's no different than what the Indian Nations
> > > dealt with with our arrival and expansion. We've been the "melting
> > > pot" so we might adapt gracefully to our minority status.
>
> > > On Jul 6, 1:31 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I have to wonder why you characterized it as being 'over-run' as
> > > > though they were vermin of some sort?
>
> > > > On Jul 5, 6:02 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > Whites will become the minority in the future USA over-run by Blacks
> > > > > and Latinos.
>
> > > > > On Jul 5, 1:11 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > We may have started as one but we are many now and whether we will
> > > > > > ever be one again remains to be seen. Yet in another sense we are
> > > > > > all
> > > > > > one since we had a common beginning but I doubt that is of any
> > > > > > inherent value. Since we are many what about I Ching? Shall we throw
> > > > > > I Ching out the window? (A small theft from Firesign Theatre, mea
> > > > > > culpa.)
>
> > > > > > On Jul 4, 3:08 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > We need a common point for the cooperation of unity to begin :-)
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> > > > > > > peace & Love
>
> > > > > > > On Jul 4, 2:15 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > That's true Rigsy. But we're just learning those arts. And
> > > > > > > > given a
> > > > > > > > dearth of cooperation, I'll opt for some co-dependency in small
> > > > > > > > doses. It's a reasonable substitute.
>
> > > > > > > > On Jul 3, 1:41 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > There's a big difference between co-dependency and
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