Don't worry about it, Selena. He doesn't even know how to properly use
ellipses.
J.
"Public opinion is always right, especially when it's really idiotic."
-Celine
(A guy who did know how to use ellipses!)
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Selena Brewington wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Please, if you can spare a few of those powerful braincycles, could you go
> into a little more detail on how I'm not Nobel laureate material? I'd
> also like to know more about your opinions about Americans - why is it
> that we're idiots? I'd like to be a little more self-aware so that some
> day (and what a glorious day that would be) I could rise out of the mire
> of Americanism to the intellectual heights that you have so obviously
> attained.
>
>
> I just failed the turn-the-other-cheek test.
>
> Up until the past couple weeks, I enjoyed being on this list. It was an
> interesting place to pick up information about bands, i discovered pdx-pop
> through this list, and i made a couple friends.
>
> I'm not sure why people have been arguing so much lately, but I don't
> think that my post warrented the response I got.
>
> Mark, you're being a jerk. I don't care to be attacked for sharing an
> experience. Saying that you think fight clubs are dumb is one thing, but
> calling me an idiot for going to one is looking for a fight.
>
> I've been on quite a few mailing lists where crap like these arguments
> about censorship and spontaneous attacks on people who post to the list
> lead fairly quickly to list-implosion, and no one posts anything of
> substance ever again. I'm contributing to it.
>
> -selena
>
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Mark Robbins wrote:
>
> > I think most Americans are idiotic enough as is...and pummeling the smarts
> > out of one another is a doesn't appear to be a particularly wise choice.
> > Then again..i guess those who would extole the vaules of a fight
> > club..aren't likely to be future Nobel Laureates, no matter how many kicks
> > they take to the head.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > http://dugmartsch.tripod.com
> > And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder, and dad
> > would throw the garbage all across the floor, as we would lay and learn
> > what each other's bodies were for. And your mom would drink until she
> > was no longer speaking, and dad would dream of all the different ways to
> > die, each one a little more than he could dare to try.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Selena Brewington
> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 4:50 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [MMouse]: Re: fight club: round 3
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > did anybody else think that a fight club looked fun?
> >
> > I was in a fight club. And it was fun. But I haven't seen the movie.
> > Mostly, it was about a bunch of meatheads getting together (male and
> > female) and then duking it out before downing a few MGDs. Nothing to be
> > proud of, but more entertaining than staring at a TV or just sitting
> > around in a bar on a Friday night.
> >
> > The people who were involved didn't advertise it and didn't think it was
> > glamorous. There wasn't any initiation or fighter requirements and as
> > soon as there was blood, or the fighters got through three/four rounds, a
> > match would end. A couple of the guys who were regulars fought in local
> > charity smokers once a year.
> >
> > All the coverage of unlicensed boxing matches is pretty funny. First they
> > want to make playgrounds not be concrete and metal jungles, and now they
> > don't want the kids to box. Ahhh, suburbia.
> >
> > -selena
> >
>
>
