Re: Nipping breasts, civilized and other Re: Galactic Moderates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/7/2002 8:41:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You know, I liked that paragraph up to the point of nipping the breast -- I had mine nipped rather painfully recently enough to think that if they're *still* nipping the breast at *that* point, maybe they oughtta be smacked down. (I just screamed in surprise and pain, pried him off and denied further access. He's *almost* weaned. *Almost*.) Julia And if you were Tymbrimi, he'da had four more to choose from. Oh, lucky me -- four more to get bit. grumble He's really been very good on the whole biting thing, just occasionally needed a very strong reminder once we were past the initial biting. (Don't let anyone tell you that a toothless person's bite can't hurt. It can. And don't let anyone tell you that a 2-week-old can't learn -- one can.) William Taylor - How would you define an underwire Tymbrimi bra? Well, do you use multiple wires or one continuous one, and if it's continuous, how is it shaped? Julia who personally doesn't like underwire bras, finds them uncomfortable ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates (Was Re: Admin: Server Access Blocked)
--- Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Debbi Galactic Moderate? Maru See, that's your problem. No one in the Four Galaxies listens to the moderates, you should know that! :-) Well, even we Moderates are entitled to our middle-of-the-road opinions! Heck, we can even poke fun at ourselves! Silly Synthians? Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
(Replying to own post, bad sign.) The problem was with the Greenpeace example. Ecology is just way more important to Galactics than to most of us. A better example might be: Every Tymbrimi is a card-carrying member of the ACLU. They would join a civil-liberties group to the left of the ACLU if they could find one. They all favor socialized medicine. Worse, they favor egalitarian distribution of O-2 Galactic resources and cooperation with other orders of life. They are unpredictable. Worst of all, they have no respect for station, authority, or tradition. They love nothing more than seeing some venerable institute official get a pie in the face. They love seeing dignitaries of the most powerful clans trip on the red capets that welcome them on state visits. They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic devotion and they refuse to quietly emmigrate to somewhere else. They should be lined up and shot for the traitors to Civilization that they are--except that exterminating them would be even worse for Civilization than letting them and their irrelevant minority of mostly-harmless looney-leftists nip the Civilized breast that feeds their eternally immature and ungrateful species. On Friday 06 December 2002 11:40 pm, Trent Shipley wrote: No. In the Fi.. er Four Galaxies a Greepeace style doctrine is solidly conservative--in no way reactionary. Most Thennanin would be encouraged and hopeful that even a t-i-n-y fraction of Human Wolflings would join a highly responsible organization like Greepeace. Tymbrimi -- well they're the sort of leftist crazies who would do something insane like inventing and dropping a dirty fission bomb to save a meagre millions of lives. (Of course, if you are Tymbrimi you drop the bomb on Hiroshima with a clear warning in Japanese: Property of USA: DANGER DO NOT OPEN! As long as the box remains unopened, the bomb will not explode.) On Friday 06 December 2002 10:45 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: Trent Shipley wrote: The Tymbrimi are on the Looney Left of Galactic politics. They scare the @#$% out of moderates. So they're like Greenpeace, only without the flannel and Birkenstocks, then? ;) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
Trent Shipley wrote: In the Fi.. er Four Galaxies a Greepeace style doctrine is solidly conservative--in no way reactionary. Most Thennanin would be encouraged and hopeful that even a t-i-n-y fraction of Human Wolflings would join a highly responsible organization like Greepeace. LOL!! You're right of course! I was thinking in terms of Terro-centrism. Pardon my wolfling ignorance. :) Tymbrimi -- well they're the sort of leftist crazies who would do something insane like inventing and dropping a dirty fission bomb to save a meagre millions of lives. (Of course, if you are Tymbrimi you drop the bomb on Hiroshima with a clear warning in Japanese: Property of USA: DANGER DO NOT OPEN! As long as the box remains unopened, the bomb will not explode.) That does sound like them. And if they *did* open, it wouldn't be a bomb, but something far more complicated and destructive, like a joke book. Trent, is it safe to be on topic this many posts in a row? Isn't this against the list's charter or something? ;) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
Trent Shipley talked to himself thusly: Every Tymbrimi is a card-carrying member of the ACLU. They would join a civil-liberties group to the left of the ACLU if they could find one. They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic devotion and they refuse to quietly emmigrate to somewhere else. They should be lined up and shot for the traitors to Civilization that they are--except that exterminating them would be even worse for Civilization than letting them and their irrelevant minority of mostly-harmless looney-leftists nip the Civilized breast that feeds their eternally immature and ungrateful species. That was great, Trent. Seriously. Even though you *were* just muttering to yourself like a crazy homeless person. You know, the kind of guy that the Tymbrimi would want to help, instead of just eliminating like vermin to better serve the species as a whole, as would be correct. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Nipping breasts, civilized and other Re: Galactic Moderates
Trent Shipley wrote: They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic devotion and they refuse to quietly emmigrate to somewhere else. They should be lined up and shot for the traitors to Civilization that they are--except that exterminating them would be even worse for Civilization than letting them and their irrelevant minority of mostly-harmless looney-leftists nip the Civilized breast that feeds their eternally immature and ungrateful species. You know, I liked that paragraph up to the point of nipping the breast -- I had mine nipped rather painfully recently enough to think that if they're *still* nipping the breast at *that* point, maybe they oughtta be smacked down. (I just screamed in surprise and pain, pried him off and denied further access. He's *almost* weaned. *Almost*.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
At 10:10 PM 12/6/02 -0600, Steve Sloan II wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? I got the impression that the Tymbrimi were the A-number-one radicals (and targets for the crazy clans) in the Five Galaxies, before we showed up, and knocked them back to second place. :-) Me, too. Obligatory Second Line Maru --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
Trent Shipley talked to himself thusly: Every Tymbrimi is a card-carrying member of the ACLU. They would join a civil-liberties group to the left of the ACLU if they could find one. Un-Tymbrimi Activities Committee: Are you now or have you ever been serious? William Taylor - Tymbrimi: Are you pulling my leg? Human: No, why? Tymbrimi: It just got four inches longer. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Nipping breasts, civilized and other Re: Galactic Moderates
In a message dated 12/7/2002 8:41:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic devotion and they refuse to quietly emmigrate to somewhere else. They should be lined up and shot for the traitors to Civilization that they are--except that exterminating them would be even worse for Civilization than letting them and their irrelevant minority of mostly-harmless looney-leftists nip the Civilized breast that feeds their eternally immature and ungrateful species. You know, I liked that paragraph up to the point of nipping the breast -- I had mine nipped rather painfully recently enough to think that if they're *still* nipping the breast at *that* point, maybe they oughtta be smacked down. (I just screamed in surprise and pain, pried him off and denied further access. He's *almost* weaned. *Almost*.) Julia And if you were Tymbrimi, he'da had four more to choose from. William Taylor - How would you define an underwire Tymbrimi bra? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Galactic Moderates (Was Re: Admin: Server Access Blocked)
Debbi Galactic Moderate? Maru See, that's your problem. No one in the Four Galaxies listens to the moderates, you should know that! :-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
William Taylor wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Debbi Galactic Moderate? Maru See, that's your problem. No one in the Four Galaxies listens to the moderates, you should know that! :-) Moderates? Moderates don't exist. Any race that shows the signs of being proto moderate has their wallets uplifted by a Synthian trader selling them the Galactic equivalence of the Brooklyn Bridge. I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
In a message dated 12/6/2002 8:49:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Moderates? Moderates don't exist. Any race that shows the signs of being proto moderate has their wallets uplifted by a Synthian trader selling them the Galactic equivalence of the Brooklyn Bridge. I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? Jim You're right. But it was a joke spoiler. I was using the Rush Limbaugh definition of moderate. [Too stupid to have an opinion.] Uplift Universe moderate can be defined as being intelligent and passionate but cautious. Try using agent orange on an entire planet and see if a Kanten response would be moderate. Now as to the Tymbrimi, it'll probably be the Tytlal that trick them into something. But not in a bad way. I like the idea of the races being rational and irrational rather than being passionate or moderate. Remember the late 1960s quote: Extremism in the pursuit of comedy is no vice. William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
Jim Sharkey wrote: I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? I got the impression that the Tymbrimi were the A-number-one radicals (and targets for the crazy clans) in the Five Galaxies, before we showed up, and knocked them back to second place. :-) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
On Friday 06 December 2002 08:48 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William Taylor wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Debbi Galactic Moderate? Maru See, that's your problem. No one in the Four Galaxies listens to the moderates, you should know that! :-) Moderates? Moderates don't exist. Any race that shows the signs of being proto moderate has their wallets uplifted by a Synthian trader selling them the Galactic equivalence of the Brooklyn Bridge. I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? Jim The Tymbrimi are on the Looney Left of Galactic politics. They scare the @#$% out of moderates. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Galactic Moderates
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Trent Shipley Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Galactic Moderates On Friday 06 December 2002 08:48 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William Taylor wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Debbi Galactic Moderate? Maru See, that's your problem. No one in the Four Galaxies listens to the moderates, you should know that! :-) Moderates? Moderates don't exist. Any race that shows the signs of being proto moderate has their wallets uplifted by a Synthian trader selling them the Galactic equivalence of the Brooklyn Bridge. I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate, if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill and/or subjugate every other race in the Galaxies. :-) And who's going to trick them into anything? Jim The Tymbrimi are on the Looney Left of Galactic politics. They scare the @#$% out of moderates. ___ Yeah, but the Tytlal make them look... Republican. :) Jon GSV (I'm still waiting for Teriyaki Tandu on Iron Chef.) :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
Trent Shipley wrote: The Tymbrimi are on the Looney Left of Galactic politics. They scare the @#$% out of moderates. So they're like Greenpeace, only without the flannel and Birkenstocks, then? ;) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
In a message dated 12/6/2002 10:35:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Tymbrimi are on the Looney Left of Galactic politics. They scare the @#$ % out of moderates. And the Synthians gave the Depends contract to their clients. Something about upping their Wazoon. William Taylor - dis string rocks. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Galactic Moderates
No. In the Fi.. er Four Galaxies a Greepeace style doctrine is solidly conservative--in no way reactionary. Most Thennanin would be encouraged and hopeful that even a t-i-n-y fraction of Human Wolflings would join a highly responsible organization like Greepeace. Tymbrimi -- well they're the sort of leftist crazies who would do something insane like inventing and dropping a dirty fission bomb to save a meagre millions of lives. (Of course, if you are Tymbrimi you drop the bomb on Hiroshima with a clear warning in Japanese: Property of USA: DANGER DO NOT OPEN! As long as the box remains unopened, the bomb will not explode.) On Friday 06 December 2002 10:45 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: Trent Shipley wrote: The Tymbrimi are on the Looney Left of Galactic politics. They scare the @#$% out of moderates. So they're like Greenpeace, only without the flannel and Birkenstocks, then? ;) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
