[Spridgets] Civility?--No PC please

[Michael Conn]

Well said!

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From: <b-evans at earthlink.net>
To: "Fisher or Elizabeth Jones" <fisher at hctc.net>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Civility?--No PC please


> >Elizabeth Jones wrote  "....I resent private opinions being aired, which 
> >decry my country or her people, or her monarchy.
>>
> Ah, but I believe you will find that whatever the nationality, we are
> all equal opportunity disparagers of other nations, colors, creeds, ad
> infinitum, ad nauseum.  Why?  Because we are human beings.  The key is
> to do it in good grace, and accept it in good humor, whether it was
> intended humorous or not.  I was once with a relative in his very
> crowded local (pub) in Sheffield.  Somewhere in from the crowd a voice
> raised above the din, "I smell a damn Yank in here."  I simply replied,
> "Yep, we are still over-paid, over-sexed, and over here," which brought
> on a fit of laughter around me.  Similarly, later this summer we will be
> playing host to a friend and his family  with whom I have stayed in High
> Wycombe.  Graeme and Rowena have a deep distain for just about
> everything American, and they voice them ceaselessly.  That does not,
> however, keep us from being good friends.
>
> I guess my point is that everyone on this list happens to be human, and
> with it come our own unique frailties.  And we voice our feelings
> because we know we are among friends, and friends know they can spout
> off now and then.  Bottom line?  Life is too short to be taken too
> seriously (and with PC)!
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