Nailing people on details seems to be your pedestrian objective. Try to grasp the larger points if you can. Perhaps you will concentrate on spelling and grmamer next. As I said, will there be no end to this type of time wasting nitpicking?
Jordan Hayes wrote:
> From hliu at mindspring.com Sat Jun 5 19:53:26 1999
>
> Nitpicking again.
>
> I'm less nitpicking than you are backpeddling.
>
> The point, since you seemed to have missed it, is that you're fond of
> making these outlandish, unfounded statements. When you're called on
> it, you say the details don't matter.
>
> You're wrong: the details nail you as lazy everytime.
>
> /jordan
>
> Jordan Hayes wrote:
>
> > From hliu at mindspring.com Fri Jun 4 21:25:16 1999
> >
> > Margaret wrote:
> > >
> > > Henry wrote:
> > >
> > > >In the Vietnam War, "I am going get me a Charlie" is a racist
> > > >remark.
> > >
> > > I disagree, Henry. 'Charlie' was a shortened form of
> > > 'Victor Charlie', they being the military-phonetic
> > > codes for the letters V and C, which of course stood
> > > for Viet Cong.
> >
> > You are technically accurate. Yet the term Charlie has
> > followed the GIs back to America and many Vietnam refugees in
> > this country, in Texas for example, were addessed with
> > hostility as Charlie and they resent it bitterly.
> >
> > Then why didn't you say ``Today in Texas, "I am going to get me a
> > Charlie" is a racist remark.'' ...?
> >
> > Sheesh.
> >
> > /jordan