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To: Lane3 who wrote (211674)	7/11/2007 2:26:07 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 793887

willful mindlessness nope... no snobbery there..<vbg> and yes...see number 3 you have that in spades i agree there is a lot of willful mindlessness in the world today, worthy of disdain i don't believe you will find much of that on this thread, however i tend to avoid threads full of willful mindlessness [yeah you people know who you are...how's that for disdain? :)] The other day, the right having renounced nuance for several years now as effete liberalism, LB claimed it for the right. hmm....the right actually renounced nuance? i guess you believe this is a nuance free zone...as you keep insisting on how everyone seems to miss it <ggg> perhaps you were confusing that notion with the idea of the rejection of liberals always claiming 'nuance' (read: too dumb to get it) when their arguments are countered....with true nuance, implicit in lindy's statement about the invisible hand, absolutely so 'nuanced' as to be well, er, invisible to, imo, the majority

To: Lane3 who wrote (211674)	7/12/2007 2:21:32 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793887

Thinness of skin is a factor, but surely some discord arises from hot buttons accidentally. Most people are fairly good natured and giving people the benefit of the doubt works more often than not. Have a great day. * * *

To: Lane3 who wrote (211674)	7/12/2007 9:41:20 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793887

People who are affiliated in some way often share insults jokingly. They say things to each other that couldn't be said by an outsider. Cubs fans could say things among themselves that would not be acceptable from a Yankee fan. Mormons could say things among themselves that would not be acceptable from a Catholic. Now with blacks, it's pretty clear who's an insider and who's an outsider. Some blacks and whites are close enough that they can make insider comments but usually you know the boundaries. Other groups may not be so clear. It's easy in any group for someone to make an insider joke thinking it would be received that way when the others think him an outsider and feel offended. Someone can be an insider and an outsider. A white Cub fan might make a joke about the Cubs to a black Cub fan and he is an insider, but in terms of making a racial joke he might become an outsider. If you think your making an "inside" joke, don't just look at the general level of connection, affiliation, or similarity you feel but rather the level of those things in the context of the joke.