Bravo to Phil & his most clever use of semantics to always put himself
in the right.
"With wit of that magnitude you could rule the world--or, at least, a
small portion of it."
Justin
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Philip Smoker wrote:
> Mark Robbins said:
> "I did not (nor did anyone) pass any judgment over the
> person who originally posted them, as you seem so
> quick to do of us."
>
> Passing judgment? Christ, men and their god complex.
> I wasn't attempting to "pass any judgment" over
> anyone, I just said that I was giving everyone who
> didn't agree with me a pleasant little "FUCK YOU"
> (please read disclaimer in the last paragraph). I
> don't know what you do with yr "FUCK YOU"'s where you
> come from, but mail me privately for some suggestions.
> I certainly wasn't suggesting that you heed my
> wishes, but if you take it upon yrself to do so, well
> then rawk on big fella!
>
>
> Steven Hahnel adds:
> "it is possible, even though you seem to know that
> youre music is better than mine, for me to listen to
> both."
>
> Wow, way to jump to conclusions, INS.
> I never said yr music was better than mine. I never
> said you didn't keep it alphabetized. I never said
> you were a bad person for not liking them. In fact, I
> never told you that you HAD to like them. Or for that
> matter, I never told you that you HAD to do ANYTHING.
> All I said is that those that wanted to berate
> simplistic lyrics as childish deserve a "FUCK YOU" and
> that they should examine their CD collections for
> similar instances of lyrical juvenilia which would
> render their initial argument somewhat moot.
>
>
>
> The original intent of the post (which got completely
> lost in the same testosterone that drowned the
> original Mendoza lyrics in the first place because
> kids get up in arms when someone uses the "f" word)
> was to point out that sometimes the most poignant
> lyrics came in the fluffiest packaging, and sometimes
> the simplest lyrics can seem profound given their
> context and delivery. However, SOME people were
> unable to shift their bulging golf ball eyes away from
> the glaring screen and pry their angered clawing white
> knuckles away from the grisly keyboard long enough to
> realize that my comments were not meant to be taken as
> a rally call or war cry. My only purpose was to call
> bullshit "bullshit" and be done with it. I don't
> think I need to attach a disclaimer to all of my
> messages explaining that:
>
> DISCLAIMER: These words are strictly opinion and they
> do not represent the sentiments of anyone in the whole
> great big wide world other than myself.
>
> If you want to get bent all to hell because some
> lister you don't even know (unless you've argued with
> him before about an unrelated matter) said "FUCK YOU,"
> then you're well on yr way. In the future though, I
> will keep in mind that to get the most attention with
> the least amount of comprehension, all I need to do is
> say, "FUCK YOU," and people are instantly catatonic,
> thrown back on their haunches and ready to pounce
> without further thought. Fascinating.
>
>
>
> everyday is another experiment,
> *phiL*
>
>
>
>
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