I find that overwhelming. :-)
On Jul 6, 10:33 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Now you have me laughing! How about overjoyed? :-) > > On Jul 6, 11:37 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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: > > > > 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: > > > > > > 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: > > > > > > > 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: > > > > > > > > We need a common point for the cooperation of unity to begin :-) > > > > > > > > peace & Love > > > > > > > > On Jul 4, 2:15 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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: > > > > > > > > > > There's a big difference between co-dependency and > > > > > > > > > co-operation.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
