Ummm .... the Musketeers were in the court of Louis XIV, and that was the 17th century.
On 1/19/07, Ross Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/19/07, FX Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wait ... was that a threat? Did he really threaten someone online? Isn't > that like ... a crime? Wasn't Sharrieff the one who outed himself when he > posted Bruce's private post to the whole listserve? In reading the old posts > ... where has a direct link ever been made from a list serve sherrif to > Sharrieff? Does anyone else besides me find this kinda creepy? > --- "S. Sharrieff Ali" wrote: > Gloves are off Bruce..see you around the > > neighborhood! > Hmmm..... good question. Could be interpreted as taking off his glove to slap Bruce across the face, thus challenging him to a duel in a quaint 18th century Three Musketeers style. On the other hand, when he says "Gloves are off", somehow it conjures up an image of Michael Jackson in one of those old MTV videos like Gangsta Paradise. And when he says "neighborhood" it makes me think of Mr. Rogers. In other words, rather than *feeling* or *perceiving* it as a threat, it just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Of course, the problem with these new electronic media like email is that there are just no CONTEXTUAL CLUES to the discourse. Know what I'm saying? You can't SEE the other person's facial expression, so how the heck are you to know when somebody is serious and somebody is just being sarcastic. Man, I spend an awful lot of time on this listserve trying to figure this stuff out. Maybe the only solution is for all the subscribers to get webcams attached to their computers so we can actually SEE their facial expressions when they type their messages. On the other hand that would present problems too, not only because some folks can EVEN FAKE facial expressions, but also because I know from experience that most of the people posting to this list are ugly as sin and who wants to have to deal with THAT?? -- Ross Bender http://rossbender.org/amos.html
