I didn't know we had to wait 20 years
At 10:04 AM 6/10/2012, Franc wrote:
Unforunately, Rick, I think you're assessment of English literature
as it is currently taught in the US high schools is correct. Most
high schoolers haven't even heard of Charles Dickens and they no
longer teach cursive handwriting in grammar schools. So I'm
presuming that in twenty years, we'll have an entire generation of
illiterates who are masters of IPhone and nothing else.
FRANC
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From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Rix Posterz
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 11:54 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] HIGHLY OFFENSIVE: Seriously? - slightly off topic
Methinks the state of education might be a bit different here in
many parts of the U.S. If I'm incorrect in my assumption, I
apologize for such an unspeakable inference.
Rick
In a message dated 6/10/2012 8:26:24 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
jboh...@aol.com writes:
Both my daughters are A English students here in the UK, they did
not study Chaucer but they did study Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and
Men, Sense and Sensibility, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner as well as others.
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From: Rix Posterz <rixpost...@aol.com>
To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:52
Subject: Re: [MOPO] HIGHLY OFFENSIVE: Seriously? - slightly off topic
The C-word has quite a long and sometimes controversial history in
the English language...a direct reference to it appears in "The
Miller's Tale", a story in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales",
written in the 14th century. (I remember being amazed by that
reference way back when we studied Chaucer in high school.
Just wondering...is Chaucer a part of any high school curriculum
today? He's probably been replaced by Nicholas Sparks or Diary of a
Wimpy Kid...)
Rick
In a message dated 6/10/2012 3:41:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
<mailto:jboh...@aol.com>jboh...@aol.com writes:
Interesting points...but I would advocate that the word Negro is a
very noble word and the bastardisation is not.
However to take this further Wing Commander Guy Gibson called his
dog Nigger, this is an historic fact, if you watch the film The Dam
Busters they have not shied away from it...the promised remake
though will have the dogs name dropped...I agree the word is
offensive in todays society but if a film is to be historic then
keep to the history...the Tukagee Airmen were often called this by
their officers and each other...Dam Busters and Tuskagee airmen were
both in the same war...so if history is concerned lets keep it that
way and not offend those that gave their lives...there are still a
few Dam Busters alive and the death of Gibson's dog was an important
historiv event the day before the raid.
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From: allen day <<mailto:aday_5...@yahoo.com>aday_5...@yahoo.com>
To: MoPo-L <<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:32
Subject: Re: [MOPO] HIGHLY OFFENSIVE: Seriously?
Howdy y'all,
After I read that quote (which was my first time ever, believe or
not), I thought it amusing, but I was kinda surprised that it was
there, nonetheless.
The quote does not bother me in the least, but I am a diff gender.
I work at a hospital; most hospital employees (including
administration) are approximately 90% female.
Among the staff that I work with, we have discussed many topics with
relatively few limits; (experiencing life/death events regularly
during any 12 hour shift tends to alter one's discussion topics).
Naturally, the c-word (and similarly the n-word), have been
discussed over the years.
Those words can be demonizing, demoralizing, soul draining, and tend
to create a vacuum.
However, in people of the same ethnic, the n-word can be a term of
affection / endearment.
Similarly, the c-word, when discussed exclusively by a certain
gender, tends to have a less antagonizing effect. ... or to be a
lil' more plainer ... if a man utters the c-word, he will be forever
known; 'flogged' relentlessly; and 'frozen out' ... should a women
utter the c-word, she will be dismissed as just a low class
bee-yotch having a bad day.
ad
From: Kirby McDaniel <<mailto:ki...@movieart.net>ki...@movieart.net>
To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Saturday, June 9, 2012 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] HIGHLY OFFENSIVE: Seriously?
Mopoers:
This jokey comment was in no way directed at you, Diana. IN NO
WAY. I would like to clarify to Diana Everett and to Morris Everett
and to everyone on this list that this quip that I related on the
list was NOT INTENDED to be a comment about Diana or ANYONE on the
list. It is a well-known anecdote and racy (and so labeled)
wisecrack about country music (which I actually enjoy) and THAT'S IT.
Kirby
On Jun 9, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote:
Seriously, Kirby?
All I did was enter into this online community of people I know and
enjoy seeing a time or two a year, to ask an honest question and
have what turned out to be a little fun. Any then you write
this? Disgusting. You need to get a life. You owe this woman,
wife, mother, and grandmother of two young girls an
apology. Nevermind. I won't be coming back to look for one.
Diana Everett
From: Kirby McDaniel <<mailto:ki...@movieart.net>ki...@movieart.net>
To: Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr
<<mailto:dianademail-las...@yahoo.com>dianademail-las...@yahoo.com>
Cc:
"<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU"
<<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, June 9, 2012 11:57 AM
Subject: HIGHLY OFFENSIVE: Re: [MOPO] Off topic: but oh boy would I
love a favor.....
The greatest moment in the history of country music was when Johnny
Cash's stepdaughter, Carlene Carter, said that she was "going to
put the cunt back in country."* It's
been all downhill after that.
*In 1979, during a concert at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York>New York's
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_Line>Bottom Line,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlene_Carter>Carlene Carter
introduced a song about mate-swapping called Swap-Meat Rag by
stating, "If this song don't put the cunt back in country, I don't
know what will."
Yours sincerely,
Pat Boone
On Jun 9, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote:
We are indeed! And the boots I would be scootin' in are custom
made Paul Bonds with my initials inlaid front and back! We're
serious about this stuff, by golly! You should have seen the show
tonight. Blake Shelton and Jake Owen made me swoon, Carrie
Underwood who is sheer perfection in every way certainly had Mo's
attention, and the National Anthem was sung to perfection by The
Oak Ridge Boys. That's what I'm talking' about: Yee Haw!
As for the "porn" you sent Morrie, Kirby you nut, those were some
great shots of movie poster stuff from back in the day. Mo is
hanging his head for not getting back to you the moment he watched
it. I really enjoyed seeing Mo bidding in that auction. He says THANK YOU!!
Okay, so I have no input as to how to get great - or even
good- tickets to next year's CMA event. Bummer, dudes.
'Night- By the way, here is my favorite, hands down, no question
about it, FOREVER AND EVER favorite country music video. Mo loves
it too. We both wish we could have participated!! Watch it
standing up and HAVE A GOOD TIME!!!
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk
From: Kirby McDaniel <<mailto:ki...@movieart.net>ki...@movieart.net>
To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Off topic: but oh boy would I love a favor.....
They're boot-scooters! They should move to Texas. Like Stephen
McNally and the Indians in APACHE DRUMS, we are
surrounded by those people. Yee hah.
K.
On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
At 07:03 AM 6/8/2012, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote:
I am a huge ( okay, bigger than huge) country music fan, and Mo
has been a willing convert.
Poor Morrie
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