[lbo-talk] "pale male" ... question to new yorkers...

[John Thornton]

>i am probably going to regret bringing this up, but is anyone else
>irritated with this pale male business?
>
>         --ravi
>
>(http://savepalemale.com/index2.html)

I'm an ex-NYer so I will express an opinion too. I'm irritated they didn't 
just leave the fucking thing alone. Paula Zahn can kiss my ass as can any 
of the other tenants who complained. Pigeons shit all over NYC, big deal. 
Peoples delicate sensibilities get thrown out of whack when they see the 
occasional half eaten carcass of a pigeon but they can walk by homeless 
people unperturbed. Be thankful any wildlife can make its habitat in such 
an unnatural environment. The one thing I don't miss about NY is a desire 
for insularity on the part of some residents from animistic behaviors that 
might offend their urban sensibilities. I knew one NYer that used to think 
milk was a manufactured product like Coke! He was a trader at Goldman Sachs 
and a generally intelligent person. He had driven by dairy farms in upstate 
NY and Vermont and yet still somehow never made the connection. I also knew 
a NYer who thought that if you went someplace like OK or NM if you went 
outside of town an Indian might actually scalp you but that isn't related 
to the point I'm making. I just throw it out there as an example of 
insularity on some residents parts from anything outside their man-made 
urbane environment.

John Thornton