RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Biden is screwed

["Hargus, Diana" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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>[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
>Christian M. Cepel
>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:54 PM
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>Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Biden is screwed
>
>Nothing that people stopping being stupid homophobic liars 
>wouldn't fix.
>
>For one person to say that they can't say in their opinion 
>whether another person of the same gender is attractive is 
>absolute hogwash.
>
>This occurs most often in males of course, and for one to say, 
>'he's a good lookin' guy' usually results in an almost 
>irresistible urge to fart, drink a beer, punch a 98 pound 
>weakling, and make derogatory comments objectifying women.
>
>It's rubbish, and it needs to change.

I agree, but where do we start the changes?  In ourselves?  What 
we do teaches our children, we are their examples and role models.


>I can, for instance make a pretty good approximation out of a 
>group of 10 guys who the top two are that women will go for a 
>good deal of the 
>time.....   but of course, so can any guy, and the same is true if the 
>genders are reversed.
>
>Of course we aren't even being honest with ourselves when we 
>say that we "can't" and then nudge a friend and whisper, "That 
>guy is gonna die a 
>virgin."   People need to get a life.
>
>Oh, and I'm tired of people lying about picking their noses as 
>well and people beating their kids over it.  I don't care if 
>you're royalty... 
>you pick your nose.  You may be discrete. You may use a 
>tissue.  You may wash your hands afterwards, but you DO pick 
>your nose.  What other tool, given by God or made by man is 
>superior to the finger to get something that is irritating the 
>hell out of you out of your nose when blowing your nose 
>doesn't do the trick.  This hippocracy in child rearing pisses 
>me off so much I want to beat people.   Better to teach/tell 
>your child 
>something that the child already knows.... that everyone does 
>it, they just don't talk about it and try to be discrete and 
>hygienic about it, rather than give the child yet another 
>thing that's obviously at odds with their own observations of 
>the universe to have a complex requiring years of therapy over.
>
>I just want to smack people who yuck it up because 'they saw 
>someone picking their nose', and tell them congratulations for 
>being more successful at being discrete about it.

Just don't break their fingers...

>
>Mike Miller wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
>>
>>> Vern Green wrote:
>>>
>>>> to be considered. He seems to be in favor of higher taxes, and at 
>>>> least seems to be agreeing with the token attempts at 
>addressing the 
>>>> immigration problem. I still need to see just how liberal he is.
>>>
>>> I've been told, and it's just hearsay and I've no knowledge myself, 
>>> that he makes Hillary look like a moderate liberal.
>>>
>>> Take it with a grain of salt and don't quote it, but thats at least 
>>> now a couple of people I know think about him.
>>
>> I'm not a big fan of the word "liberal" because I think political 
>> attitudes are highly multidimensional and someone might fit your 
>> "liberal" stereotype for some dimesions and not others.  I'd be 
>> surprised if you can't answer all of your questions about his 
>> positions by looking him up on the web.  What do you want to know?
>>
>>
>>> I think he's damn attractive and charismatic.
>>
>> So what's going on with you two?!
>>
>> Mike
>>
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