Well, it goes both ways. I like my landlady. She's nice to my cat, and she's only raised my rent once in
the five years I've been here. Like all homo sapiens, she has her weak points, but I've never known her to be cruel or mean-spirited. If you asked her about me, she would probably say that I'm nice to her cat, and that I pay my rent on time. I hope she wouldn't say I was cruel or mean-spirited. We have a number of friends in common, and the duplex situation combines a lot of the advantages of having a roommate while avoiding most of the disadvantages. My relationship with *my* landlady contrasts sharply with my relationships with some of the landlords and ladies I've tangled with on the list, who I think are all members of the Property Rights organization. Sometimes they seem more concerned with dissing rights than property rights. Sometimes they seem extraordinarily cruel and mean-spirited. OK, a person could point to all the cruel and mean-spirited lawyers, cabbies, reporters, blacks, Hispanics, lesbians, Germans, Catholics and say, "We shouldn't generalize about entire groups because of unpleasant individuals." We shouldn't. But like my landlady and all other homo sapiens, I have my weak points, and I would have a better view of the landlord business if I were presented with a kinder, gentler group of spokespeople. Rosalind Nelson Bancroft neighborhood (Queen Anne Victorian house with an eccentric 1920's duplex conversion) > (CM) Let us take the test. In the above sentence take out ' property > owners'. Insert lawyers, cabbies, reporters, blacks, Hispanics, lesbians, > Germans, Catholics. Anyone offended yet? Silence them if you don't like > them. At least that is what Mr. Velez wants. > > SERIOUS comment for list members. Attitudes such as offered by Mr. Velez > are all too common in high office and positions of responsibility. It's > kind of like finding a publicly ranting bigot holding office in the year > 2000. Just when you think your past some of this stuff, look what crawls > out from under a rock. > > Craig Miller > Former Camdenite > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
