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Why not Erik? Charge her name to a round of beers... I give up. Allison, I'm not telling you to change your personality. But obviously something in your delivery gets under some peoples' skin. On the other hand, maybe it doesn't. Whatever, I'm off to find something to laugh about. You bozos like j_b and your bluenosed lack of humor are enervating.

Hell I haven't read half of it either Christ. ...Hey, YOU are an example of what I'm trying to tell Allison. You are a woman, you make serious posts, you spray, you give and take your share of crap...and somehow seem survive it all. Please give her some tips.

Damn, freeclimb, that's pretty good.

Suggestion: Do an experiment. Change your name, keep yr gender. Don't play drama queen or damsel-in-distress. I think that you'll find that you are treated as others are.

j_b, as the person who started this thread, I state to you that you are absolutely, unoquivocally full of shit.

Whose sexual abuse? Not mine!! I give up on this subject. You have fallen victim to an attention-actress, IMO.

Iain's post gets at the heart of this thread, and there really are some valid but juxtaposed views to this subject, IMO. There are people who play important roles in history by being 'the grain of sand that irritates the oyster," to quote that old goat Ross Perot. They become the MLKs, the Ghandis, etc. But on an individual/psychological level, the numbers of young people searching for causes is staggering. Our culture rewards the successful 'cause' person. But Americans definitely have a false sense of security about what can happen in other parts of the world, so we end up with situations like those Amy Biehl and Lori Berenson found themselves in. Totally different people, places, etc., but a common thread. When I was at UT-Austin in the early 80s, a reporter for the school's daily crossed the border to do an 'expose' article about mistreatment of workers in Maquilladora plants. Eight hours later, after the local authorities reportedly 'interrogated' him with a cattle prod to his balls, this guy hustled back to Austin having learned, I assume, a life lesson. I think as a culture we need to reward 'cause' people for good works, particularly done at home, instead of protests (particularly abroad). As a parent, I will be doing everything I can to urge my kids to act as polite guests while traveling, and to keep their wits about them...I hope and pray they'll listen to me. Go ahead, let the spray fly.

It has nothing to do with gender, and everything to do with somebody that intends to incite uproar, rather than solve a problem.

jees, j_b has been working for about 20 minutes on another post. Incoming....

that's 'hanged' with nails. Otherwise, you could be refering to any old well-endowed carpenter.

I bet SC remembers this hidden image

Damn I really did a good job of killing that other thread, didn't I? Let's just rip the bandaid off, and say it: Allison, I am probably like a lot of others on this board, in that I don't even know ya, but your whining is ANNOYING. You may have some legit concerns, but if you do they may be lost on all of us, due to the annoying boy-who-cried-wolf/look-at-me persona you put forth. I don't like personal attacks, but I don't like exaggerations and word-twisting either. Both sides in that pile of crap annoyed me. And by the way, cheap red wine is gonna fry your liver.

The Jackelope is actually an American wolperdinger, which is the Bavarian creature that is a product of everything in the woods cross-breeding. I saw an entire display room of wolperdingers in the natural history museum in Munich...for some reason it reminded me of the writing of Jerzy Kozinski.

keyword: Wolperdinger

trask, Whut'd you say bout my hat?!

I'm sorry I posted this thread. It's gotten way too sensitive. Everybody go back to dumping dufflebags of crap on each other now.

I saw one of these back o' the Muir hut...

It was purported to be a Penguin on the site that I snatched it from.

(that's touche )

Take two Darvocets with a glass of bourbon, and call me in the morning.

TTT, There was a good deal on this, if you could pry it outa the mud in Quebec... ...but so far I haven't purchased yet. Lots of good info presented here, though.

Alice from Dallas. pm Necro for contact info.