Response to Barbara

[Eulenspiegel7646 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/11/2001 8:04:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:


> Why is being realistic condescending?  It's you who has the air of 
> superiority.  Under present circumstances this love conqueors all and to 
> hell with the consequences approach  is entirely selfish. It's all about 
> you and how you feel. You, you, you. It is designed  for one purpose only.  
> To somehow compensate for YOUR sins. It's a desperate attempt to rescue 
> 

whoa!  That's a pretty big load of dreck.  My poor aching back!...   Yer fool 
was not born to haul such a pile.  And being realistic?  That is your 
opinion.  Sometimes being realistic actually is being condescending.  Is your 
software capable of creating italics?  They look so much more civilised than 
thuggish upper case, which seems a lot like SHOUTING.  Oops, shouting.  Much 
much better.  If I have an air of superiority, perhaps it is only because I 
am superior -- at least intellectually.

Tyl

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