From: assimilate on

On 20-Jan-2010, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:

> > Randy
>
> This concludes today's lesson on showing respect for others.

nothing goes together like Randy and class!

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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 20-Jan-2010, "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote:

> > This concludes today's lesson on showing respect for others.
>
> I have no respect for Dene because he shows no one else any respect.

Your poor choices are always someone else's responsibility.

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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 20-Jan-2010, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote:

> > I have no respect for Dene because he shows no one else any respect.
>
> He deserves a baseline of consideration for being a fellow
> human being. This being MLK week, let me remind you:
>
> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do
> that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
>
> I'll add that the only time those words have real meaning
> is when they are uncomfortable and/or difficult. That's
> where the rubber meets the road. So even when I chastise
> Dene, I do it out of hope that he'll let go of pettiness
> and get a sense of perspective. It's a moral imperative
> to me that I do. YMMV and probably does.

excellent thoughts cb

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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 20-Jan-2010, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote:

> If you've got more money, you're going to have better things. That's
> the way it is.

and the way it always has been, under every economic system since the
concept of money was invented.

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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 20-Jan-2010, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:

> IMHO, just pass a law that says you can't bankruptcy your way out of
> hospital bills and make 'em pay.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> That would be an excellent law!

you both ignore the esstiential role that bankruptcy plays in the economy.

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bill-o