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   Lobby Dosser to nimue   
   Re: "It's just pot.": Double Standard?   
   19 Jul 07 04:53:45   
   
   XPost: alt.education, alt.true-crime, pdx.general   
   XPost: or.politics   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   "nimue"  wrote:   
      
   > Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >> "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >>>> "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >>>>>> "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Do you know what makes me sick, ABSOLUTELY SICK?  Dog   
   >>>>>>>>> fighting. Domestic abuse.  Child abuse.  This fucking war.   
   >>>>>>>>> Those are terrible things, things that rip my heart out when I   
   >>>>>>>>>  think about them.  The pain of these things is so piercing.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> With all that going on, one wonders how you find time for pot.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I don't smoke pot.  Why do you think I do?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I don't know whether you do or don't. All I know is you spend a   
   >>>>>> lot of time arguing about it.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am actually discussing hypocrisy and civil liberties.  However,   
   >>>>> let's add your comment about my smoking pot to your lie/dodge   
   >>>>> list.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Add it to whatever you please. I don't care.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You Are   
   >>>>>>>> Doing Something about all these things that rip your heart out,   
   >>>>>>>> right?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Oh, yes.  I am a teacher, for one.  I also give money to many   
   >>>>>>> (and I mean MANY) different charities that help both animals and   
   >>>>>>> humans. So, yes, I give my time and my money to help make the   
   >>>>>>> world a better place.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> No, you have a job that provides you with an income and is   
   >>>>>> unrelated to your painful causes   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Oh, it's related.  As a teacher I am in a position to help kids --   
   >>>>> and I do. I work at an inner-city high school and encounter what   
   >>>>> one might expect at such a school.  I have helped students who   
   >>>>> were being abused and have helped them deal with and overcome   
   >>>>> issues related to their abuse and/or neglect. Heck, I have gone   
   >>>>> after school, on my own time, with students to teen-help centers,   
   >>>>> etc. So, that's child abuse. Domestic abuse -- well, I help the   
   >>>>> kids who have to endure it.  This fucking war?  Oh, I throw the   
   >>>>> Armed Forces off our campus all the time.  They're not getting my   
   >>>>> kids.  No way. I don't know if that will stop the war, but I am   
   >>>>> keeping them from getting my kids. I have talked more than one   
   >>>>> student out of joining the Armed Forces.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Do you bother to teach, or are you just into social work?   
   >>>   
   >>> You know, you are a really nasty person.  You take pleasure in   
   >>> mocking my post about stuff that really bothers me.  Why do   
   >>> something like that?  Then, when I respond to your question, you   
   >>> just turn it around to create something to attack me with.  What is   
   >>> your problem?  Why are you so ugly?   
   >>   
   >> Seemed like a legitimate question. If you're that thin skinned,   
   >> perhaps you'd be better off in a moderated group.   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> and you give money. What do you DO?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Giving money IS doing something.  And, of course, there are all   
   >>>>> the things I do to help my kids.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What do you do to make the world a better place?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Encourage eveyone I meet to vote Republican.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So, you do nothing.  I mean, you are doing what I am doing here --   
   >>>>> talking. Talking.  However, I actually *do* other stuff.  You,   
   >>>>> apparently and by your own definition, do nothing.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I do quite a bit. I'm just not all that interested in splashing it   
   >>>> about. And I'm always astonished when people answer such questions.   
   >>>> Perhaps it's a generation thing.   
   >>>   
   >>> Honey -- you asked me first.   
   >>   
   >> Please, we hardly know each other!   
   >   
   > Thank god.   
   >>   
   >>> Repeatedly.  You asked me what I did to   
   >>> help the world.   
   >>   
   >> And you answered.   
   >   
   > Yes.  That's the polite thing to do.   
   >   
   >>Frankly, that surprised me.   
   >   
   > Why?   
   >>   
   >>> I responded and finally, not immediately, asked you   
   >>> the question you asked me.  However, I know you are a liar, so I   
   >>> assume you are good at lying to yourself.  I am sure you will   
   >>> convince yourself that you did not ask me the question you did, a   
   >>> question that apparently "astonishes" you.   
   >>   
   >> I Did ask you the question.   
   >   
   > Yes, you did.   
   >   
   >>The fact that you'd answer a complete   
   >> stranger in such detail astonishes me.   
   >   
   > What detail? All I said is that  I'm a teacher who does stuff that   
   > every decent teacher does and I give to different charities.   That is   
   > hardly detailed info.  Of course, since you are a liar, you can   
   > pretend I gave you a ton of detailed info.   
      
   You did answer in detail & I can't pretend anything it is there for   
   everyone to see.   
      
   >   
   >>Well, perahps (I liked that   
   >> typo, so I decided to leave it - has a nice ring) 'astonishes' is a   
   >> bit over the top. Certainly interesting. But not something I would   
   >> do.   
   >   
   > Sure you would.  You have told me a lot about you.   
      
   No, I have not.   
      
   > You are   
   > Republican.   
      
   You assume that.   
      
   > You are a liar.   
      
   You think that, but have no proof.   
      
   > You're really obnoxious.   
      
   To you, at least. But again, Your opinion.   
      
   > You live in   
   > Oregon.   
      
   Correct.   
      
   > I assume you are Scottish, or fond of Scottish culture.   
      
   You've made a Lot of assumptions, have some opinions and ONE FACT. I   
   stated that I live in Oregon.   
      
   >   
      
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