Niggling Little Details

And this proves the point about the “potentially uneducated” part of my comment.

Ronin,

Do we not have a duty as citizens to educate the “potentially uneducated?”

OR, should this blog be renamed Peach Pundit Utopia where everyone acts like it’s San Francisco in the mid-1960s where everyone is just lovin’ life and smoking weed and there isn’t a care in the world?

Icarus,

You had any good grass lately, Man? Who is your dealer, Man? I gotta go get me some bread, Man…Righteous…you is righteous, Icarus….

I’m all for educating the uneducated. As I was trying to educate you and Buzz on at least one Conservative’s view of proper manners.

But what exactly was Buzz trying to educate with using that word in the post? (I guess this is more for Buzz.) Was it an attempt to differentiate the “etymological relationship” of that word from the racial epitaph? Or was it to be funny because of the previous day’s heated thread on the appropriate level of racial sensitivity of the party to which Buzz belongs?

If the former, I think Erik’s post is much more successful as it meets Derbyshire’s standard of decent behavior. (But since when did this become Etymological Pundit?) If the latter, then it doesn’t and I still think it is ungentlemanly (or worse, childish.)

Ronin, Part 2

However, I will tell you this: You’ve been quite niggardly in your participation on this blog. For someone who apparently does a whole lot of observing, this is the largest number of posts I’ve seen from you in one day…ever.

Icarus,

I have no idea…but, in my Google search to find out, I came upon another site which gave me this Name the quote:

“You’re an idiot anyway. But if you say you get along with your parents, well, you’re a liar too.”

Same movie, Bill. Same movie.

Where’s Demonbeck when you need some good 80’s music?

expect

thats *expect*

What have you heard, Rick?

Free GOPeach!

” think that is a tragic consequence of our current political landscape that we cant have a decent debate without it devolving into an screaming match (be it in cyberspace or meatspace”

Ronin, you can pretty much blame that all on the Left-Wingers. After all, it was their favorite man-tree, Al Gore, who took the iniative to start the Web.

Had it not been for him, there would be no such thing as a “blog.”

oops i made a typo on julian bond’s name–i hope tat doesn’t mean i’m now racist as well…since the name i mispelled belongs to a person of color

I doubt Buzz used the archaic word to be immature or childish. I believe his intent was to bring the discussion of the last few days full circle which just occurred.

Racist? No. In poor taste? You bet.

Rugby,

Thus my joke about Andi and his camels. Poor taste, yes. Racist? The answer from you should have been “no”.

But, all you did was whine and blame me for being a racist.

Apparently, you’re not as bright as I thought.

Bill:

Your comment was racist. If you can’t see why making a statement based on racial stereotypes that would come across as offensive is racist, then you are a fool.

I’m pretty sure that I only labeled your comment as racist.

I’ve read Andy’s columns and from what I remember, his photo is sans headgear.

“Thusly, you are nothing but a well-disguised screaming liberal ”

Well once again you make assumptions about my political ideology, or what I think. Something you accused liberals of doing when they say something is racist. For the record, I am a conservative. If your vision of conservatism does not leave room for people to be sensitive and avoid any appearance of being offensive, well then, I guess in your eyes I would not be a conservative.

Moreover, I don’t see racism at every turn in life, I simply pointed out your racist comment. As I said before, if you don’t believe what you said and wrote it merely for the sake of shock value, then you are a fool.

With all due respect, you challenging someone’s intellect means about as much as GOPeach doing so. Debates with you carry the same rigor as if I were debating a wall, and I mean that in the best way possible. I’ve yet to see you able to carry on a sensitive discussion without using logical fallacies, ultimately crying about what was said, challenging your adversaries’ intellect (cf: above), shouting, losing all sense of rationality, losing all sense of composure, acting in a manner befitting an adolescent, would you like me to go on?

Although, I wish I could live your life. You are completely infallible and every one else should subscribe to your thinking. If I could live with such arrogance and pompousness, life would be much easier.

At any rate, you have proved beyond a doubt that engaging in a discussion with you–if it can be called that, I believe you shouting is a better description–is worthless and a daft decision. You are always correct on every matter.

Well enjoy yourself Bill. I hope that someday we all can live with your sense of self importance bravado.

When did I play the victim? Are you trying to prove you are a fool?

Have a wonderful day Bill.

And God Bless the Children

Bill-

I encourage you to keep flailing. It’s entertaining.

However, your inability to keep your facts straight is really getting on my nerves.

First of all, I wasn’t born in Annapolis. I’ve never even been to Annapolis.

Secondly, I never said anything to you on the phone about living my life “as a white guy.” That’s not a phrase, or formulation I would use. I live my life, period. You’re the one obsessed with race, not me.

During our chat, I asked you what color you thought my skin is. You said white-ish — then you launched into a monologue about self-loathing white people.

Thirdly, the so-called Middle Eastern garb to which you referred above was a yellow cotton napkin from a restaurant press kit.

You’re so aggressively ignorant you looked at a cotton napkin and a name you can’t pronounce and saw “Middle Eastern garb.” Why? Because you’re racist — against Marylanders with napkins on their heads.

What a sad man you are.

Andi, Andi, Andi…

Let’s go over this step-by-step:

1) Thank you for the link to your picture wearing the head garb. I honestly never examined it too closely for the fine detail of it being a sweatshirt. This is probably due to the fact that the sh*t you write is not worth my time, so examining your picture for any time longer than 2 seconds is ALSO not worth my time.

MOST people, though, on examining it quite briefly, would associate it with a person who is from, sayyy…Saudi Arabia, or some other Mid-East country (except Israel, of course). That’s not, by the way, a “racist” observation. One only need to watch the news to see these amazing scenes from the Middle East where they show inhabitants of certain countries WEARING head garb like this. George Bush even held hands with one such MAN who had a similar garb around HIS head…just like yours, Andi.

(Note to Rugby: You DENIED that Andi ever had any kind of picture like this, and you “read Andi all the time.” WTF do YOU know about facts?)

2) With regard to my statement of YOU being from “Annapolis, MD”, I could not find an instance of YOU denying this post back on 4/26/2007 on the Loaf Website:

RE: ‘The wittiest person in Atlanta’

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/BrowseComments?oid=oid%3A234714

So, if you are not from Maryland, then this poster was incorrect…and, golly gee, I was so wrong to assume the post was accurate.

3) You asked the question on the phone “What race do you think I am?” and, when I gave the answer “You’re probably white,” I actually cannot remember what you said…but, since YOU asked the question (readers, insert the word “moron” here), it must mean that YOU are the one focusing more on the race issue.

4) Regarding your “heritage”, according to YOUR statement (on the exact same Website page referenced above), you are of “Iranian descent”.

In Iran, on occasion, the human inhabitants used these funky looking 4-legged animals called CAMELS to transport themselves. That wasn’t a racist statement regarding you “sleeping with camels”..it was meant to be a joke, period. If you were upset with that reference, then, apparently, YOU have a problem with your own ancestory and, perhaps you need to consult a counselor on that.

How funny that you didn’t find anything wrong with my telling you you had “your head up your own ass for too long”…I suppose that statement hits the mark dead-on, especially after reading this tripe in your 2 posts above.

Finally…I’m “getting on your nerves”? Andi, truly, do you really think I give a sh*t whether YOU are POed at me?

You may think you’re a big shot…but, to the many hundreds of thousands/millions of Atlanta-metro area residents who DON’T read The Loaf publication…you ain’t sh*t. I know, that’s a shock to your fragile ego system.

John,

That’s all fascinating. Really. So, if Iranians don’t consider themselves “Arab”, why do they join the Arabs in their hatred of the Jewish people? Why don’t they demonstrate they are truly “independent” thinkers in the region?

Bill

One of the largest misconceptions about the Middle East is that they have a cohesive alliance between countries and tribes. The truth is they fight each other as much as Israel and they have weak strained alliances at best.

The bloody violent conflicts between tribes and countries have very little boundaries in the Middle East for a very long time. This is what Collin Powel meant when he said (Iraq) “you break it you own it”.

This is why after Reagan had disaster in the Middle East his foreign policy team created the containment strategy.

“One only need to watch the news to see these amazing scenes from the Middle East where they show inhabitants of certain countries WEARING head garb like this.”

-Bill Simon, Peach Pundit Fashion Correspondent, on the napkin-hat craze sweeping the Middle East.

You should go work for the CIA, Bill. Your sophisticated understanding of international headwear would make you very valuable.

If the CIA isn’t hiring, maybe you could audition for Project Runway: Al-Jazeera Edition.

Andi, Part 2/Rugby, Part 239

YOU were the one who jokingly referred to yourself as being able to have “4 wives” due to being an “Iranian citizen by heritage.”

Reference:http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/BrowseComments?oid=oid%3A234714

SO, why exactly is it “racist” of me to make a joke about Andi spending too much time “sleeping with camels” when I have a disclosure from Andi that:

1) He has an Iranian heritgage
2) He pokes fun at himself by offering the fact that he has the right to have “4 wives.”

People who poke fun at themselves generally have a good sense of humor about themselves and don’t tend to get their panties in a wad when someone else cracks a joke about them, or some aspect of them.

“People” that is, EXCEPT for stupid-ass liberals, like Andi and Rugby.

Bill,

I know coming from me it’s like the pot calling the kettle “black”, but this comment was dead on:

http://www.peachpundit.com/2008/03/03/niggling-little-details/#comment-116955

I think I’m going to have a traditional Middle Eastern lunch today, sans the potato chips…

Andisheh Nouraee,

If I substitute the potato chips for a pickle is it still Middle Eastern? What if I wear my napkin on my head while eating it?

I need clarification here.

GASP!…Jace is accusing ALL Georgia Tech students of lying about everything! If ONE Tech student lies, they ALL must lie!

Jace is obviously a…..a….Techist!

Probably because we Techies are too focused on readying our weight scales to accommodate Joe Carter’s new BMI legislation.

Just give me some fava beans with a nice Chianti…sans someone’s liver.

Bill if you have lamb with the fava beans I would recommend a Bordeaux or Cabernet Sauvignon. You need a big earthy wine!

John,

Lamb? Isn’t that a……certain-geographical-part-of-the-world-animal-eaten-regularly?

Bill

A little help again.

Religion and Vegetarianism

Why Hindus Don’t Eat Meat

Reasons

In the past fifty years, millions of meat-eaters — Hindus and non-Hindus — have made the personal decision to stop eating the flesh of other creatures. There are five major motivations for such a decision:

1. The Dharmic Law Reason
Ahinsa, the law of noninjury, is the Hindu’s first duty in fulfilling religious obligations to God and God’s creation as defined by Vedic scripture.

2. The Karmic Consequences Reason
All of our actions, including our choice of food, have Karmic consequences. By involving oneself in the cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death, even indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the future experience in equal measure the suffering caused.

3. The Spiritual Reason
Food is the source of the body’s chemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousnes, emotions and experiential patterns. If one wants to live in higher consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all creatures, then he cannot eat meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs. By ingesting the grosser chemistries of animal foods, one introduces into the body and mind anger, jealousy, anxiety, suspicion and a terrible fear of death, all of which are locked into the the flesh of the butchered creatures. For these reasons, vegetarians live in higher consciousness and meat-eaters abide in lower consciousness.

4. The Health Reason
Medical studies prove that a vegetarian diet is easier to digest, provides a wider ranger of nutrients and imposes fewer burdens and impurities on the body. Vegetarians are less susceptible to all the major diseases that afflict contemporary humanity, and thus live longer, healthier, more productive lives. They have fewer physical complaints, less frequent visits to the doctor, fewer dental problems and smaller medical bills. Their immune system is stronger, their bodies are purer, more refined and skin more beautiful.

5. The Ecological Reason
Planet Earth is suffereing. In large measure, the escalating loss of species, destruction of ancient rainforests to create pasture lands for live stock, loss of topsoils and the consequent increase of water impurities and air pollution have all been traced to the single fact of meat in the human diet. No decision that we can make as individuals or as a race can have such a dramatic effect on the improvement of our planetary ecology as the decision not to eat meat.

“lamb is eaten every day in New Zealand and Australia by those of that certain Irish decent.”

Well not every day. Any day of the week you can’t beat lamb cops for 20 cents each at the supermarket.

After all this discussion, I know this sounds weird, but I love my lamb with Foster’s special bitter and mint jelly. But I have to have the chops well done and the jelly sweet. The bitter is such a contrast to the pallet and the jelly must be Polaner’s.

But it’s still a dispute as to whether I accompany the lamb a sweet potato or an Irish potatoe.

I wonder what potatoe/potato a certain VP candidate would prefer.

If you think my response is somewhat silly, please re-read some of the tinged comments above.

Are we going to carry these tinged comments all the way to November? I hope not.

Bowersville,

I thought highly refined Southerners thought it an insult to refer to the cooking of fruit into a semi-solid, semi-liquid concoction as jelly.

I would have thought you would be edjumacated enough to use the proper terminology of preserves.

B’ville,

We have idiots on the Right who have already been programmed to be Stepford Politically-Correct Ninny-Bobs to see racism where there isn’t. Some of them are RIGHT here on this blog.