[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 2/9/01 11:41:17 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Dan writes:
>
>
> > PLEASE tell me this a joke. Let me get this straight...
> > Music = fighting? Do you go to a show for the music or to fight? Are
> > you bummed
> > if there ISN'T a fight? Or does this make you realize how crap the band
> >
> > may be?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > PS..."funnest" isn't a word.
> >
>
> Thanks for the spell check Dan. It should be "most fun". I'm only a
> high
> school English teacher. Hopefully the spelling will improve when I
> finish my
> doctorate.
>
> In no way am I saying violence is necessary to enjoy a show. Trust me,
> the
> older I get the more I realize this.
> However, I have been to hundreds shows to hear all kinds of music in my
> short
> little life, and some of the best have been punk shows in Sacramento
> with the
> Sacto skins. I loved partying and fighting alongside those guys never
> minding our difference in style or way of thinking. I could never
> tolerate
> racism, and seldom passed on a good drunken brawl with nazis. I've had
> my
> ass kicked pretty bad a few times (I'm not much of a fighter) but I look
> back
> on all that shit as a positive experience and a lot of fun. I'm too old
> for
> that shit now, and maybe it wasn't the "funnest" time I have ever had,
> but I
> don't regret it a bit.
> I think anyone who lives their whole life without ever having been in a
> physical confrontation is missing out on something. I'm probably going
> to
> catch a lot of shit for saying that, but what the hell else is new.
>
> -Guardo
> PS I will spell check this one! I hope I catch all the mistapes!
You are an English teacher? NOW I'm beginning to see the problem with
this nation.
I hope you pass on some of your wisdom and conflict resolution skills to
your students.
And people wonder why Columbine happened....
Actually I'm not really that surprised....I once had a roommate that
taught elementary
school, and he couldn't spell worth shit, wrote in a childish scrawl and
was completely
irresponsible and rude. He used to brag that he could get a job at any
school because they
were desperate for any young male to take on that profession. Sad.
I think the last time I was in an "official" fight was about '86. As
far as people going their
whole lives without a physical confrontation "missing out on
something"....well THAT is
complete idiocy. Do you teach your students that?
Dan
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