BoatBanter.com - For Don

On 11/16/13, 6:19 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/16/2013 4:34 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 11/16/13, 4:09 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/16/2013 3:27 PM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:45:07 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 11/16/13, 2:36 PM, True North wrote:
Okay Johnny...let's fine tune my comments to some of the army
officers who stayed well away from the nasty stuff, such as the
Majors and above who were able to spend their Vietnam tour nights
socializing at the officer's club.
That better?

I thought JohnnyMop blew up villages and killed women and children in
Vietnam while his buddy FlaJim picked up soap in the naval vessels
well
and safely offshore.

This is the type post Luddite has never seen.

Sick.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

Oh, I see them and I think they are disgusting. But it's also
interesting to me to see how people interpret events in life and how
they justify their own decisions.

Harry obviously never served in the military. He never "served" period
(Peace Corps or other) to my knowledge. He said he spent some time in
'Nam identifying dead bodies but my impression is that it wasn't
something he did as a service to his country or even his fellow man. I
have the impression he did it because the pay was good. I think he has
said he was originally sent as a journalist but the job was cancelled or
something by the time he arrived.

I treat your buddy FlaJim and John the Racist and a couple of other
right wing assholes here with the same respect they treat other posters.
Your buddies like to **** on Don and a few others, so I feel it only
fair to **** on them. You've told me you think your boy FlaJim's posts
are funny. I don't see many of them, but the ones I do so remind me of
the little boys in the 7th grade who thought they were funny smartasses
but, in fact, they were only asses. From what I have seen, that's about
all your boy FlaJim does here...**** on other posters. Why you think
that is funny is beyond my understanding.

They are funny to me because I know Jim. Guess it's one of those "you
had to be there" type things. Keep in mind that the persona people
project in a goofy newsgroup isn't necessarily who the person is or what
they are like in person.

He's here for the entertainment value, just like you. It just so
happens that most of the time *you* are his entertainment.

Me? I don't take any of it very seriously. I enjoy a halfway decent
debate and you offer them from time to time, so that's cool. I also
appreciate humor that isn't totally mean spirited and both you and Jim
are capable of that.

There are a few very strange personalities here that are interesting to
observe. I get a kick out of that. I suppose some of the views I have
are found to be "strange" to others. That's fine too as long as nobody
is hurt.

As for your "service", I don't have any problem with what you did or
didn't do. I *do* find some of your accusations about John and what he
did in his military service to be offensive however. It's a personal
thing and I just don't think anyone deserves that. You have no direct
knowledge of what he experienced or participated in, nor of any of us
military vets for that matter.

To you John is a racist, and you somehow justify your accusations of his
military service that is totally unrelated to racism. I have no
tolerance for public racism, but what people want to think privately is
their business. I've seen no evidence that John practices overt and
public racism. I think he says some things that are "on the fence" and
can be interpreted as racist if you happen to be fine tuned for any
speck of evidence of such but I also think he does it on purpose, just
to get you worked up.

Words matter.

I don't get "worked up" by the right-wing trash who post on usenet.

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