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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (75485)	9/25/2003 5:32:15 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Message 19340903 HA! HA! You can't answer your own attacks; and you can't muster even a child's defense! So after all your evasion we are left with your wee small voice saying absolutely nothing and simply avoiding all questions! Don't worry! Whether you know it or not, you HAVE answered! You HAVE answered why women are at risk if you do not exclude them! Hostile stammering and muttering DO say a great deal to those attentive enough to listen with compassion and pity. Don't worry...you have said Far Far more than you know! ;-) Now, would you be able to wash a woman's hair and then give them a perm? Or would you have to exclude them, too? I guess so, eh! Its a lot of pressure for a young man to have to deal with, isn't it?! Yeah...no point in tempting the devil! Send them down the street to Lucy's joint before you get all wicked on them through absolutely no fault of your own! ;-)

To: one_less who wrote (75485)	9/25/2003 6:40:54 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (8) \| Respond to of 82486

I have a hypothetical for you. Mine is about my Aunt Sally, who attended that same wedding as Solon last weekend. Nah, it's really about me. Since I've already been outed for my unseemliness, I guess I can leave Aunt Sally out of it. So, I attended the wedding. I'm a friend of the bride's family. I showed up in my usual attire--elastic waist pans, a tunic-length cotton-knit shirt, flat shoes, and socks. I knew that Solon, like the rest of the men, would wear suit and tie and that the women would be wearing dresses and high heels. But I have a deeply held and longstanding belief that comfortable clothing is one of the keys to a happy life and that many a wedding has been ruined by guests acting out because they get cranky when their clothing is uncomfortable. I advocated casual clothing where I used to work and wore it before it became common. I know that Emily Post as the wedding guru, but I strongly believe that more brides and grooms would have happy weddings and therefore successful marriages if people dressed as I do. I'm long on record on this thread as dressing that way. And I have some data that show that seventy percent of businesses have been pleased with the result of casual-dress policies. Now, the bride's family, knowing me, is aware of my beliefs. Presumably, they would have been expecting my attire. The rest of the guests, however, were surprised. And the groom's family was quite distressed at how I could be so disrespectful and insulting to the principals. The mother of the groom wanted me bounced from the event. How should the parties have reacted to me? With tolerance? With acceptance? With admiration for my convictions? Or should I have been bounced?