Fritz,
I liked your commentary. You speak well, but I think you're all wet. For
reasons known only to yourself and maybe a few close friends you've pigeon
holed literally hundreds of thousands of people whom you don't even know
into a group of very small minded bunch of misfits that clearly don't have
a life of their own and are forced to live vicariously through the
fantacies of TV writers. Nothing could be further from the truth.
While I'm not offended by your words, for I find your well spoken prose
amusing, I know many would be. I have no doubt that what you've said about
Shatner is nothing but the truth, saying that the fans are mindless morons
was not very nice. It is your opinion, however misguided and tainted it
may be and you're entitled to it. I just wanted you to know that myself
and many others that I know have been Star Trek fans since I can
remember. Although I've never gone to the place of wearing the ears or
anything so drastically strange, I do still enjoy the original series and
the new programs that it spawned in the decades since.
And IMHO I'm NOT a dribbling moron who doesn't have the education of a
rat, nor am I a blithering idiot with the IQ of a peice of lunch meat! My
words...not yours. I'm merely paraphrasing your sentiments. I happen to be
an educated professional in a field that requires an IQ much higher than
that of anything Oscar Myer could produce.
Sadly, for whatever reasons, you've managed to mean-spiritedly stereotype
a vast segmant of american society into a place where YOU are comfortable
that they are not a threat to you.
THAT, my friend is the hallmark of a small mind. Predjudice is a symptom
of fear and ignorance and eventually leaves a person alone and
hopeless. America is a great place dispite her troubles.
--
Mark
I love my Linux Box...
REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym.
Registered Linux user # 1299563
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, F. E. Schaper wrote:
> Ed,
>
> Yes that was an older skit on SNL in which William "Ego" Shatner was
> speaking to a convention and used such pearls of wisdom as:
>
> "You...(pointing at a Spock-esque pointy eared John Lovitz) have you ever
> kissed a girl? Move out of your parents basement and get a life!"
> "It's just a show...I only did it because I needed the money..I wasn't even
> the first choice for Kirk"
> (the first Kirk was Jeffrey Hunter, who met with some very bad luck shortly
> after giving up the role that he felt was "unchallenging and insulting"
> don't ask how I know this I don't like the show...quite the opposite in
> fact)
>
> He was then reminded by the event organizer (played by the great Phil
> Hartman) that he would no longer be wealthy without the support of these
> people because he is in fact the worst actor (and singer and pitchman) on
> the face of the planet (and quite possibly of all time save for maybe Pauly
> Shore or Carrottop) and he had better be nice to them if he did not want to
> end up in a squat house...(which is what I think happened to Steve Gutenberg
> and Ralph Macchio)
>
> At which point he claimed he was merely re-enacting some older episode in
> which he was playing the "Evil Kirk" and was not himself.
> Of course the "fans" bought it (what a shock!)
>
> It was quite funny....but then in my opinion anything that shows how lame
> that insipid show is and how brainless the hardcore fans of that show are is
> outstanding comedy, as well as social commentary.
>
> America is a sad place to be I am afraid.
>
> Ok Star Trek fans...let me have it.
>
> Fritz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ed Tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux
>
>
> > wasn't it the clown who played Kirk (I forget his real name just now )
> > who said at a stra trek convention "GET A LIFE"
> >
> > F. E. Schaper wrote:
> > >
> > > Tell the Star Trek freaks to move out of the basement, take off the
> ears,
> > > stop trying to learn to speak Klingon and join the rest of us in a nice
> > > place called: "Reality"....
> > >
> > > Better yet, don't....we don't need those clowns infecting the gene pool.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: John Arkoulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Cc: VanLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:39 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux
> > >
> > > > A couple of days ago I was surfing on the net and went on a Star Trek
> > > site. I
> > > > liked what they had and out of good faith I sent them the message <<
> lets
> > > port
> > > > it to Linux>>
> > > > I thought that the Linux community had an attitude but I was wrong.
> > > > This is the answer that I received.
> > > > Now what would you answer to them??/
> > > > I really do not like people that are that sarcastic especially to
> someone
> > > that
> > > > they do not know.
> > > > I would appreciate any ideas!!!
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, also sprach: > -----
> > > > Original Message ----- > From: Richard Sliwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
> To:
> > > John
> > > > Arkoulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000
> 1:46
> > > PM >
> > > > Subject: Re: Linux >
> > > > >
> > > > > > At 13:31 26/06/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > > > > > >Come on guys. Lets port these great stuff over to Linux.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To which particular flavour of Linux desktop environment do you
> want
> > > us to
> > > > > > port?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And just what "stuff" is it you want us to port? The only material
> on
> > > our
> > > > > > site which isn't directly relevant to Linux are the startup
> screens
> > > and
> > > > > > desktop themes which are irrelevant anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, why should *we* port it? We're part of the Windows online
> > > > > community
> > > > > > (despite the fact that our server is actually running on Linux -
> > > Windoze
> > > > > > just isn't up to it!), why can't the online Linux community do
> > > something
> > > > > > about it? After all, linux is meant to be the single largest
> > > collaborative
> > > > > > project going, isn't it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And isn't Linux all about tinkering away oneself - why would any
> Linux
> > > > > user
> > > > > > want to rely on all our pre-compiled suff?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Richard Sliwa
> > > > > > Star Trek in Sound and Vision http://www.STinSV.com
> > > > > > Boldly Going Where No Web Site Has Ever Gone Before
> > > > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Windoze is a virus with a user interface.
> > > > This message was created with Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
>
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