From: Ken Meltzer on 12 Dec 2009 18:43 On Dec 12, 6:36 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:11:01 +0000, assimilate wrote: > > On 11-Dec-2009, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > >> Do you know what his family actually feels about all of this? > > > humiliated > > How could they not? "Is knowledge knowable?" "If not, how do we know this?" -Woody Allen
From: Carbon on 12 Dec 2009 22:50 On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:43:53 -0800, Ken Meltzer wrote: > On Dec 12, 6:36 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:11:01 +0000, assimilate wrote: >>> On 11-Dec-2009, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Do you know what his family actually feels about all of this? >> >>> humiliated >> >> How could they not? > > "Is knowledge knowable?" "If not, how do we know this?" -Woody Allen Ok. At the same time, if someone walked up to you and smacked you in the head with a baseball bat, I think imagining that you might be dizzy, disoriented, have a headache, etc., would be reasonable.
From: dene on 13 Dec 2009 00:46 "Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message news:AtmdnSsXlusGQ77WnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)supernews.com... > dene wrote, On 12/12/09 12:22 PM: > > "Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message > > news:HK6dndbnFbM10L7WnZ2dnUVZ_sZi4p2d(a)supernews.com... > >> dene wrote, On 12/12/09 12:17 AM: > >>>> In my brief perusals of this group lately, I've been > >>>> especially entertained by the sight of unrepentant > >>>> bigots acting as though they can claim moral superiority > >>>> over somebody. The very people who are the very worst > >>>> that humanity has to offer think that they are better > >>>> than Tiger Woods because (a) their skin is pink, and > >>>> (b) Tiger has trouble keeping it in his pants. These > >>>> are EXACTLY the folks who most need to look in the > >>>> mirror before they start pointing at anyone else's > >>>> failings -- and the last ones who will ever do it. > >>>> > >>>> Sorry for the tangent. I just needed to vent. > >>> It has nothing to do with skin color, opportunities, child prodigies, or > > if > >>> your mother nursed you. He made vows. He broke > > them....repeatedly....over > >>> a long period of time. The majority of married people keep their vows. > > He > >>> chose not to.....period. > >> If you've never made bad decisions that hurt people you > >> loved, just say so. > > > > Splinters and logs, Chris. I've kept my marriage vows. > > Good. How many millions have you thrown to poor kids? How does a thousand a month grab you? It's a bigger percentage of my income than his. -Greg
From: assimilate on 13 Dec 2009 01:22 On 12-Dec-2009, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > What do you think you know? You know which people are telling the truth, > and which are in it for the publicity for themselves? Do you think it matters? One is telling the truth, that is all that matters > > > > > > Do you know what his family actually feels about all of this? > > > > humiliated > > And you've had personal conversations with any of them to know this? > From where does this knowledge stem? Your standard, absolute certainty, is absurd. I, of course, can only imagine and my imagination probably cannot probe the depths of their feelings. -- bill-o
From: Alan Baker on 13 Dec 2009 02:00
In article <7ojd4mF3ps1doU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message > news:AtmdnSsXlusGQ77WnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)supernews.com... > > dene wrote, On 12/12/09 12:22 PM: > > > "Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message > > > news:HK6dndbnFbM10L7WnZ2dnUVZ_sZi4p2d(a)supernews.com... > > >> dene wrote, On 12/12/09 12:17 AM: > > >>>> In my brief perusals of this group lately, I've been > > >>>> especially entertained by the sight of unrepentant > > >>>> bigots acting as though they can claim moral superiority > > >>>> over somebody. The very people who are the very worst > > >>>> that humanity has to offer think that they are better > > >>>> than Tiger Woods because (a) their skin is pink, and > > >>>> (b) Tiger has trouble keeping it in his pants. These > > >>>> are EXACTLY the folks who most need to look in the > > >>>> mirror before they start pointing at anyone else's > > >>>> failings -- and the last ones who will ever do it. > > >>>> > > >>>> Sorry for the tangent. I just needed to vent. > > >>> It has nothing to do with skin color, opportunities, child prodigies, > or > > > if > > >>> your mother nursed you. He made vows. He broke > > > them....repeatedly....over > > >>> a long period of time. The majority of married people keep their > vows. > > > He > > >>> chose not to.....period. > > >> If you've never made bad decisions that hurt people you > > >> loved, just say so. > > > > > > Splinters and logs, Chris. I've kept my marriage vows. > > > > Good. How many millions have you thrown to poor kids? > > How does a thousand a month grab you? It's a bigger percentage of my income > than his. > > -Greg I notice you don't actually say you've donated $1,000 per month... -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg> |