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Re: My Official Viewpoint
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Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:37:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> OK, I think it's time to restate and clarify a few things before this gets
> totally out of hand.
I'm sometimes surprised, but I don't think this one has the potential to get
out of hand.
> To Everyone else) If I said anything else that insulted anyone else, again,
> I'm sorry. It was not my intention.
Shucks...me too. I actually think I was mildly insulting to you Mark, and I do
actually apologize. I could have made my points more mildly.
> 1) I dislike JarJar. On the Todd-o-meter I rate about a 9 in terms of • Star
> Wars fanaticism. I have Star Wars posters on my wall. I have Jeremy
> Bulloch's and Kenny Baker's autographs.
I might be an 8.5 or a 9. We have about 100 SW figs (only eight from '77),
autograph of Anthony Daniels, a shirt, and no posters on walls. But I did see
the first shows in our town of the three re-releases and stayed up in line all
night to get TPM tickets, and then saw it three times in it's first 24 hours of
play time.
And I think that Jar Jar sucked as a character. But I thought that the story
sucked too. And Anikin. And mitichlorians. And the death of Darth Maul. And
the silly Trade Federation stooges.
But I don't hate him. Not even close. Jar-jar and friends even worked my ship
(well, actually they were a press gang) at the WAMALUG EastCoastBrickFest
Pirate Wars. ;-)
> I think JarJar is
> obnoxious and I find humor directing unpleasantness toward JarJar extremely
> fuuny. If that makes me twisted, so be it.
OK, so be it.
> 2) I am not evil. I got both my dogs from the animal shelter. I give money
> to disabled kids' charities where they are taken to do special things they
> otherwise wouldn't get to do. Maybe these are paltry examples. I'm not in
> the Peace Corps. Deal.
Dealt.
> 3)I don't hate kids. I do, however, resent attempts by parents to censor
> things that I have access to as an adult.
How do you feel about having to show your ID before buying beer? Tobacco?
Pornography? What exactly do you mean by censor?
> Personally, I don't feel responsible for your
> kids, and I don't think that people with kids should try to make me
> responsible for them.
I want to minimize the impact that responsibility for my kids has on you. But
if I have a responsibility to pay taxes, then you have a responsibility to keep
my kids safe and sound.
> This is why I do not have children. My wife and I feel
> that we're enjoying being adults at this time. Maybe we'll change later on,
> who knows?
Hopefully not. Most of those of us with kids are enjoying being adults too.
:-)
> Anyway, I posted this because things can get muddled after they're quoted
> and re-quoted and re-hashed over the course of a debate.
I just scanned back through your history on off-topic.debate looking for
something to quote out of context as a joke. I couldn't find anything good.
Chris
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| (...) <snip> (...) I don't mind having to display ID to gain access to adult privileges. What I meant by "censor" are the efforts of Irate Parent Groups who wish to ban things like videogames or CDs etc. because they dislike them. (...) No, I have (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| OK, I think it's time to restate and clarify a few things before this gets totally out of hand. To Lar) First of all, Lar, I apologize if anything I said seemed like an insult of any kind. It was not my intention, and I don't hate you or anything. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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