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From: Helen Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: Office stuff
>the rest of them were 'wiggers',
> listening to gangsta rap and drum'n'bass in the Common Room, wearing baggy
> trousers and baseball-caps, even though this was the ISLE OF WIGHT!
I hate to be over critical, or spoil all of the good natured fun, but some
people (myself at least) find the word 'wigger' to be *extremely* offensive,
and would appreciate it if it was not used.
On the subject of subcultures.... In highschool during my flirtations with
the punk and skinhead scenes, I was always looking towards the kids who
dressed the parts... the kids with the mohawks and bondage gear certainly
knew more about punk than the kid by himself with the khakis and running
shoes! But as I spend more time in the 'real' world (though college is
hardly the real world, I understand that...) I'm beginning to find that it
is, more often than not, the unassuming person who seems to have the real
passion for *music*... not fashion. I don't associate with any particular
subculture, though I am sometimes introduced as "My friend, Brandie the
____", but I've met many more interesting 'normals' than punks, or mods, or
skins. This isn't a "I don't limit myself with labels" rant.... I just
find that allegiance to subcultures doesn't ensure any depth of knowledge
about them.
blah blah blah
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[spectroscopic*eclipsing*visual]
-brandie-
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One thing I have learned in a long life:
that all of our science, measured against
reality, is primitive and childlike, and yet
it is the most precious thing we have
-A. Einstein
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