Re: Education Week- Daily News Education Articles

[Victor Steinbok <Victor.Steinbok@VERIZON.NET>]

At 2:26 PM -0500 3/29/02, JP Bottini wrote:
> Victor
> In your second paragraph describing Jimmy, you described me.  There is
> another out there with my outlook who has some "good points".  There is good
> and bad in all of us.  All of us have something to offer.  Good job at
> discerning the obvious, Victor.  Keep up the work at sharing views from even
> those who are not clones of oneself. Best regards.
> Joe Bo

Lessee... When you say "second paragraph" you mean "first", right?
Since the second paragraph has nothing on good points and you are not
a dyslexic child. So, this is what I wrote:

At 1:16 PM -0500 3/29/02, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> Jimmy is a religious conservative nut with the usual baggage
> (apparent homophobia, although he would not survive in antiques
> business for long if it were real, as he points out repeatedly; a
> wish to hang a cross in every school, complete with ten
> commandments--or fifteen, for good measure, etc.). He's apparently
> good friends with Donna Garner who is even more nutty (complained to
> Dr. Pepper about their omission of "God" from the Pledge of
> Allegiance on their cans), and they occasionally form a tandem attack
> on many issues. But Jimmy, unlike Garner, is not without good points.

OK, so does that mean that you are "a religious conservative nut with
the usual baggage" including homophobia? I know the religious part is
right, but "a conservative nut"? Is that a good self-description for
you? Hey, whatever works, it's your business. But if you want to go
around telling people that AIDS is God's punishment for gays, or
pretend that only gay men are responsible for AIDS, or try to tell
everyone that there is scientific evidence that homosexuality is an
inherently far riskier behavior than heterosexuality, be it
monogamous, celibate, whatever... well, in that case, I have nothing
to add--you'll paint yourself into a corner nicely. I am not gay,
but, boy, if someone comes out with that agenda!... Good luck... Have
a nice life...

Of course, you can always come back and say that you would not
subscribe to all those things, so you would not be like Donna Garner,
or even like Jimmy. As for your good points, you used to be a
teacher, right?

Actually, I can think of a few people who have nothing to offer...

       VS-)

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