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Current architectural styles? Donald Newcomb 06-21-2007
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Posted by ++ on June 25, 2007, 2:44 pm
Edgar wrote:

>I'm definitely not bigger, and this is a open forum, if you don't like it don't
read it, or go the extra mile and plonk us.
>

Who's "us"

> We're not going to change the world in here, as much as you think we might.
>
>

I'm thinking I was suggesting that it is inappropriate to make fun of
someone's surname, especially an attempt to turn a surname into a common
currency root insult. I would be wrong to fail to comment on such an
insult.



Posted by Edgar on June 25, 2007, 4:56 pm
> Edgar wrote:
>
>>I'm definitely not bigger, and this is a open forum, if you don't like it
>>don't read it, or go the extra mile and plonk us.
>
> Who's "us"
>

Pretty much everyone else who took the nifonging thread exactly as it
was...a joke thread.

>> We're not going to change the world in here, as much as you think we
>> might.
>>
>
> I'm thinking I was suggesting that it is inappropriate to make fun of
> someone's surname, especially an attempt to turn a surname into a common
> currency root insult. I would be wrong to fail to comment on such an
> insult.
>

Exactly, and you also suggesting that us groupies in the alt.architecture
newsgroup have the unlimited might to bring such a thing to pass, that is,
turning a name into a common currency root insult. Believe me when I say,
we don't, and the word will probably not get farther than this and other
related newsgroups. If it goes further, then I truly underestimated the
power of this newsgroup.

--
Edgar



--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com


Posted by eds on June 25, 2007, 9:31 pm

>> Edgar wrote:
>>
>>>I'm definitely not bigger, and this is a open forum, if you don't like it
>>>don't read it, or go the extra mile and plonk us.
>>
>> Who's "us"
>>
>
> Pretty much everyone else who took the nifonging thread exactly as it
> was...a joke thread.
>
>>> We're not going to change the world in here, as much as you think we
>>> might.
>>>
>>
>> I'm thinking I was suggesting that it is inappropriate to make fun of
>> someone's surname, especially an attempt to turn a surname into a common
>> currency root insult. I would be wrong to fail to comment on such an
>> insult.
>>
>
> Exactly, and you also suggesting that us groupies in the alt.architecture
> newsgroup have the unlimited might to bring such a thing to pass, that is,
> turning a name into a common currency root insult. Believe me when I say,
> we don't, and the word will probably not get farther than this and other
> related newsgroups. If it goes further, then I truly underestimated the
> power of this newsgroup.
>
> --
> Edgar
>
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>
Remember that James Crapper invented or popularized the flush toilet.
"No good deed goes unpunished"
EDS



Posted by 3D Peruna on June 25, 2007, 6:03 pm
++ wrote:
> Edgar wrote:
>
>> I'm definitely not bigger, and this is a open forum, if you don't like
>> it don't read it, or go the extra mile and plonk us.
>
> Who's "us"
>
>> We're not going to change the world in here, as much as you think we
>> might.
>>
>>
>
> I'm thinking I was suggesting that it is inappropriate to make fun of
> someone's surname, especially an attempt to turn a surname into a common
> currency root insult. I would be wrong to fail to comment on such an
> insult.

quisling

Posted by Kris Krieger on July 1, 2007, 5:56 pm

> Edgar wrote:
>
>>I'm definitely not bigger, and this is a open forum, if you don't like
>>it don't read it, or go the extra mile and plonk us.
>>
>
> Who's "us"
>
>> We're not going to change the world in here, as much as you think we
>> might.
>>
>>
>
> I'm thinking I was suggesting that it is inappropriate to make fun of
> someone's surname, especially an attempt to turn a surname into a
> common currency root insult. I would be wrong to fail to comment on
> such an insult.
>
>
>

Unfortunately, this happens. Examples include the name "crapper", which
IIRC started out as a person's surname, and came to identify his invention.
And how many people have kept the surname "Hitler"? Like ti or not, when
people do things that are either spectacularly great, or spectacularly
stupid, or spectcularly screwed-up, their name tends to become associated
with their action.

If Nifong had cared at all about his family name, he would have deported
himself with something that at least had *some* resemblance, however
distant, to propriety. Not meaning to be rude, but intending only to
clarify: If he didn't care on ewhit ot tittle about the potential effects
of his actions upon his family name, why the heck is the rest of the world
supposed to wither into whimperiing little gelid pools of spineless goo
just because you choose to get all politically correct (i.e.:
hypersensitive) about something he obviously didn't himself care about?

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