Political metaphors (was Re: on ann coulter
barbara100 at jps.net
barbara100 at jps.net
Mon Jul 15 16:02:02 CDT 2002
If Rob gave Doug such a beating, then how come Rob ducked out like he did with all those unanswered questions (not just mine either) with Doug still hammering away? Am I missing something? How can a guy win an arguement when you don't even know where he's going with it?
>
> MalignD at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > << When Doug is on the canvas, Rob, like MalignD, just can't help kicking
> > him a few times. Even when Doug is finally knocked out, they keep
> > taunting him, trying to lure him out of the locker room, spitting on the
> > canvas where Doug's blood and sweat remains conspicuous. >>
> >
> > Feeling a litle giddy are we? Spitting on the canvas? His blood and sweat??
> >
> > Take a pill.
>
> No. I don't think that I'm exaggerating the situation. Rob gave a Doug a
> beating on the Gershom/Washington thread. But why did he persist so? He
> pounded and pounded, thrashed him from pillar to post. I know what it's
> like to try to have a good clean fight with either Doug or Rob. They
> both fight dirty. With Rob, you are better off letting him think he's
> winning. With Doug, you need only knock him down and walk away. Why
> should the rest of us have to make our way through 100 messages of BS a
> day? This should be discouraged. Your just pile on the nerd/unpopular/99
> pound weakling/pussy at the bottom of the pile. You take a pill.
>
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