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Reality_Check© - 20 Jun 2008 05:54 GMT
Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting

By KATIE ZEZIMA
New York Times News Service
Published on: 06/19/08

BOSTON - At least 17 girls at the public high school in the seaside town of
Gloucester, Mass., are expecting babies, and a Time magazine report says
nearly half became pregnant after making a pact to do so and raise the
children together.

Local officials reached Thursday would not confirm the existence of such a
pact but acknowledged that many of the 17 pregnancies - a total four times
as many as last school year at the 1,200-student school - had been
intentional.

"I've heard some of them were not accidents; some of them were pleased when
they got the results," said Greg Verga, a member of the Gloucester School
Committee. "I did hear that there were cases where a teen went in several
times for pregnancy tests and seemed depressed when it was negative."

Joseph Sullivan, the principal of the school, Gloucester High, could not be
reached for comment. But Time quoted him as saying that of the pregnant
students, almost half, none older than 16, had engaged in the pact.
Reached on Thursday, Mayor Carolyn Kirk said the existence of such an
agreement was "believable, in the sense that it would explain this spike" in
teenage pregnancies.
Kirk, a member of the school committee, also said that some of those who
impregnated the students were men in their mid-20s.
Gloucester is a fishing town of 30,000 that is encountering hardships with
the decline of the fishing industry.
"This is a city in transition going through a hard economic time," Kirk
said. "There are cuts in economic programs, cuts in services, cuts in
after-school programs, and they're all impacting the social climate. We
really let these kids down."
"It's the social environment these girls are coming from," she added. "They
think that a baby can give them love or give them status or fill an empty
space in their life, and these girls are very, very young. And I think if
you talk to any teenage mother who is caring for an infant, the road is not
easy."
The surge in teenage pregnancy has brought a heated debate over
contraception and education in Gloucester, which is heavily Roman Catholic.
The school clinic's medical director and its chief nurse practitioner both
resigned in May after the hospital that administers grants for the clinic
opposed making contraceptives available to students.
The clinic does not distribute contraceptives, and Gloucester High School's
health curriculum has been cut for budget reasons, meaning there is no sex
education, Kirk said.
Meanwhile, in addition to the 17 girls known to be pregnant, others continue
to arrive at the clinic asking for pregnancy tests.
The school committee is now considering educational programs on teenage
pregnancy and weighing whether the clinic should distribute contraceptives.
Kirk has instructed her health director to compile information about the
issue from the state, other agencies and independent experts. She said the
committee hoped to have a policy regarding education, contraception and
related services in place by the start of the next school year.
"It's very complicated," she said. "There are many layers, and I am
insisting on a process where the school committee can explore all of the
layers, get good information, find out what works in other communities and
come to a good decision on behalf of our children."
Larry - 20 Jun 2008 06:05 GMT
> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> nearly half became pregnant after making a pact to do so and raise the
> children together.

This is a public high school, moron.  It says so right there in the
first sentence.
asilentskeptic - 20 Jun 2008 15:24 GMT
> In article <6c0rg1F3eb3s...@mid.individual.net>,
>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> This is a public high school, moron.  It says so right there in the
> first sentence.

You are absolutely correct. It was a public school, but if you think
that there weren't religious views and motivations being held, you are
mistaken.
Quote:
"The school clinic's medical director and its chief nurse practitioner
both resigned in May after the hospital that administers grants for
the clinic opposed making contraceptives available to students.
The clinic does not distribute contraceptives, and Gloucester High
School's health curriculum has been cut for budget reasons, meaning
there is no sex education"

So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
these students remain ignorant of the issues and dangers involved with
sex and pregnancy, and wouldn't have easy access to protective
measures even if they were well informed.
Your SMrat® - 20 Jun 2008 15:46 GMT
> You are absolutely correct. It was a public school, but if you think
> that there weren't religious views and motivations being held, you are
> mistaken.

> So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
> these students remain ignorant of the issues and dangers involved with
> sex and pregnancy, and wouldn't have easy access to protective
> measures even if they were well informed.

So your theory is that the girls who "[made] a pact to get pregnant and
raise their babies together" would not have done so had they not been denied
access to condoms for "religious, political and economic" reasons. They were
smart enough to figure out how to get pregnant, but due to the nefarious
machinations of the religious, they weren't smart enough to figure out how
not to get pregnant, which they did on purpose anyway. I have a theory too:
it's that you're a f.cking ignoramous.
asilentskeptic - 20 Jun 2008 19:44 GMT
> > You are absolutely correct. It was a public school, but if you think
> > that there weren't religious views and motivations being held, you are
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> not to get pregnant, which they did on purpose anyway. I have a theory too:
> it's that you're a f.cking ignoramous.

Not at all. I think they may not have done so if they really realized
what being pregnant (and the responsibilities that it entails) meant.

They are not mature enough to be making those sorts of decisions.

But, if you want to call me a "f.cking ignoramous", I won't be
bothered too much. Maybe I could use some education. I don't mind it
much.

I was hoping for more civil discussion though. If I am wrong, then I
am wrong, and am quite open to changing my mind! Those specific girls
purposefully got pregnant, and no matter how many condoms you would
have handed them, they would probably not have used them. The problem
comes when you do not educate a whole group of kids as to the risks
and dangers involved.

Would better education have helped? I think so. Do some girls still
make the same decisions these girls made despite education? Of course.
It doesn't make not having the education any better.
Jens Müller - 20 Jun 2008 19:13 GMT
asilentskeptic schrieb:
> So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
> these students remain ignorant of the issues and dangers involved with
> sex and pregnancy, and wouldn't have easy access to protective
> measures even if they were well informed.

Well, they could go to a shop and buy condoms? Easy enough?
Cary Kittrell - 20 Jun 2008 19:14 GMT
> asilentskeptic schrieb:
> > So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Well, they could go to a shop and buy condoms? Easy enough?

The article makes it pretty clear that the pregnancies were
intentional.

--- cary
asilentskeptic - 20 Jun 2008 19:56 GMT
> In article <6c2a9vF3ei3m...@mid.individual.net> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jens_M=FCller?= <usenet-11-2...@tessarakt.de> writes:
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
> --- cary

It does. I am worried about the problem with the lack of an education
which may (or may not) have helped. It is far better to have even
partially educated kids then it is to have none at all. You would
probably have fewer young teenage girls purposefully getting pregnant.
.
Cary Kittrell - 20 Jun 2008 20:14 GMT
> > In article <6c2a9vF3ei3m...@mid.individual.net> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jens_M=FCller?= <usenet-11-2...@tessarakt.de> writes:
> >
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> probably have fewer young teenage girls purposefully getting pregnant.
> .

I would hope so.  But to be effective in this situation, I'd guess,
the education would have to go beyond sex education or lecturing
the girls on how hard single teenage motherhood can be -- it would
have to be the sort of education that opens up other opportunities
for the girls to find fulfillment in something besides motherhood.

-- cary
L. Raymond - 20 Jun 2008 21:00 GMT
><usenet-11-2007@tessarakt.de> writes:
>> asilentskeptic schrieb:

>>> So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
>>> these students remain ignorant of the issues and dangers involved with
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> The article makes it pretty clear that the pregnancies were
> intentional.

While the sexist and bigoted remark that they're sluts was provided by
an ignorant jackass.

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default - 20 Jun 2008 22:00 GMT
>> asilentskeptic schrieb:
>> > So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
>--- cary

Bearing in mind that the sex education - which should have included
some of the financial and life altering consequences of early
pregnancies, was lacking due to religious/political pressure.

An unintended consequence of assuming you know how things will turn
out when one acts to achieve a political end . . .
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Your SMrat® - 21 Jun 2008 13:34 GMT
>>> asilentskeptic schrieb:
>>> > So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> An unintended consequence of assuming you know how things will turn
> out when one acts to achieve a political end . . .

How amusing. Schools have been teaching children how to have sex for 50
years now and have done an excellent job. Teen sexual activity, teen sexual
diseases, teen pregnancies, have all skyrocketed since the introducion of
sex education and the ready availability of contraception and abortion. But
it's not the fault of secular progessives that these things have happened.
It's not the fault of a society that glorifies sex without responsibility.
It's not the fault of a curriculum that teaches kids how and where to f.ck,
that it's prefectly natural to be curious about licking some other guy's
sphincter, and that sucking a dick's a safe alternative to vaginal
intercourse. No, it's the unimtended consequences from the actions of mean
old right wing religious cranks who've brought nebulous "pressure" that has
thwarted information about the "financial ... consequences" of early
pregnancy from reaching these kids, because that's what would have convinced
them that their behavior was a tad reckless. My god, how breathtakingly
stupid you are.
default - 21 Jun 2008 16:22 GMT
>>>> asilentskeptic schrieb:
>>>> > So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
>them that their behavior was a tad reckless. My god, how breathtakingly
>stupid you are.

No, the blame lies squarely with the parents - the rest of it is just
the usual political smoke screen, and religion is certainly a factor.
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_ Prof. Jonez _ - 24 Jun 2008 15:23 GMT
>>>> asilentskeptic schrieb:
>>>>> So, for a variety of reasons (religious, political and economic),
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> How amusing. Schools have been teaching children how to have sex for
> 50 years now and have done an excellent job.

ROTFLMAO!

Riiiiiiiight, because before that, for 10,000s of years, teens didn't
know how -- and therefore weren't -- having sex, eh jackass?

Including some middle-eastern 13yr-old Jewish slut named Mary,
who claimed to be a "virgin", yet managed to get pregnant by her
teenage boyfriend Joseph ... and then blamed it on some "angel".
And there are pig-ignorant morons stupid enough to
actually believe it!
jeeeezuzchrust@hotmail.com - 05 Jul 2008 14:27 GMT
> >>In article <6c2a9vF3ei3m...@mid.individual.net>
> >>=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jens_M=FCller?= <usenet-11-2...@tessarakt.de> writes:
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
>
> - Show quoted text -

people have been f.cking since the dawn of man and popping out
children. I don't think anyone set down with them and told them how to
screw. They just knew. If those girls had to have taken care of a baby
for two weeks, they never would have gotten knocked up.
_ Prof. Jonez _ - 05 Jul 2008 16:45 GMT
>>>> In article <6c2a9vF3ei3m...@mid.individual.net>
>>>> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jens_M=FCller?= <usenet-11-2...@tessarakt.de>
[quoted text clipped - 43 lines]
> screw. They just knew. If those girls had to have taken care of a baby
> for two weeks, they never would have gotten knocked up.

Too bad your mother didn't heed the same advice, eh?
default - 20 Jun 2008 16:24 GMT
>> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>This is a public high school, moron.  It says so right there in the
>first sentence.

You are right the article doesn't go into religious affiliation.  We
should wait for more information before coming to conclusions.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/girls-pact-produces-pregnancy-bump-in-school/20
08/06/20/1213770924658.html

The school forbids the distribution of condoms and other contraception
without parental consent - a rule that prompted the school's doctor
and nurse to resign in protest in May.

"But even if we had contraceptives, that pact shows that if they want
to get pregnant, they will get pregnant.

"Whether we distribute contraceptives is irrelevant," Greg Verga,
chairman of the Gloucester School Committee, said.

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default - 20 Jun 2008 16:41 GMT
>> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>This is a public high school, moron.  It says so right there in the
>first sentence.

Wait until the stats are in - you may have to eat your words.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/20pregnant.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The surge in teenage pregnancy has brought a heated debate over
contraception and education in Gloucester, which is heavily Roman
Catholic. The school clinic’s medical director and its chief nurse
practitioner both resigned in May after the hospital that administers
grants for the clinic opposed making contraceptives available to
students.

The clinic does not distribute contraceptives, and Gloucester High
School’s health curriculum has been cut for budget reasons, meaning
there is no sex education, Ms. Kirk said.

Meanwhile, in addition to the 17 girls known to be pregnant, others
continue to arrive at the clinic asking for pregnancy tests.

The school committee is now considering educational programs on
teenage pregnancy and weighing whether the clinic should distribute
contraceptives. Mayor Kirk has instructed her health director to
compile information about the issue from the state, other agencies and
independent experts. She said the committee hoped to have a policy
regarding education, contraception and related services in place by
the start of the next school year.

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Larry - 20 Jun 2008 16:45 GMT
> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
> Wait until the stats are in - you may have to eat your words.

There are no stats to wait for - it is a public school.

Whether it gives out contraceptives or not, and whether the town is
predominantly comprised of members of one religion or another, doesn't
matter.
tjab - 20 Jun 2008 18:23 GMT
>> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>predominantly comprised of members of one religion or another, doesn't
>matter.

Depends on how you parse the subject line; it could be that all 17
of the girls are Catholic.
Larry - 20 Jun 2008 18:42 GMT
> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> Depends on how you parse the subject line; it could be that all 17
> of the girls are Catholic.

It could be, but the article doesn't say they're all Catholic.

It's just your bigoted friend Jonez injecting an anti-religious comment
into a story that has nothing to do with religion.  And, on schedule,
here you are to back him up and make excuses for him.

Why can't you just admit the article says nothing about religion, so
there is no rational basis for Jonez to claim that either it is a
Catholic school or that the girls are Catholic?  Can't you just once
call him out on something?  Once?
tjab - 20 Jun 2008 19:07 GMT
>> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
>there is no rational basis for Jonez to claim that either it is a
>Catholic school or that the girls are Catholic?  

From another article: "'Gloucester is a very, very proud community,'
she said of the heavily Roman Catholic and insular town that is
accessible only by a bridge from the mainland."

And from yet another:

"The disclosure of the pact, and reports that one of the fathers is a
24-year-old homeless man, has sparked a spirited debate in Gloucester about
teenaged sex. In May the medical director and nurse at the school clinic
resigned in protest at the refusal of the local hospital that controls their
funds to allow them to distribute contraceptives to pupils without parental
consent.

"The hospital authorities made it clear they were anxious about the public
impact of handing out contraception from the strongly Catholic local community.
In the absence of provision by the clinic, students must travel 20 miles to the
nearest women's health clinic."

And you insist that this story has nothing to do with religion?

>Can't you just once call him out on something?  Once?

Do you really need me to affirm the obvious - that "Reality_Check"
sometimes makes assumptions about religion? Is your ego really that
weak?
Larry - 20 Jun 2008 20:53 GMT
> >> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
> >> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
> she said of the heavily Roman Catholic and insular town that is
> accessible only by a bridge from the mainland."

So what?  A bunch of teenagers at a public school decided to get
pregnant.  Catholicism has nothing to do with it, without knowing
whether any of the girls were practicing or not, how they were raised,
or what they were taught.

But it's quite telling you're doing outside research to valiantly try to
save jonezy's bigoted assertion.  Quite telling.  And shameful.

> And from yet another:
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> funds to allow them to distribute contraceptives to pupils without parental
> consent.

Teenage pregnancy and single parenting should spark a spirited debate,
since public policy and social welfare are affected.  There's nothing
religious about it.

> "The hospital authorities made it clear they were anxious about the public
> impact of handing out contraception from the strongly Catholic local
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> And you insist that this story has nothing to do with religion?

Of course not.  These girls, for whatever misguided reason, wanted to
get pregnant.  The availability of contraception has nothing to do with
it.  They could have had condoms and pills in their purses, believed in
using them, and still ended up exactly as they are now.

> >Can't you just once call him out on something?  Once?
>
> Do you really need me to affirm the obvious - that "Reality_Check"
> sometimes makes assumptions about religion? Is your ego really that
> weak?

"Assumptions"!?!?  It's a start.  Pathetic, but a start.
tjab - 20 Jun 2008 19:12 GMT
>> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
>It could be, but the article doesn't say they're all Catholic.

The article doesn't say they're all sluts either, but I don't see you
getting all up in arms over that.
Larry - 20 Jun 2008 20:57 GMT
> >> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
> >> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 30 lines]
> The article doesn't say they're all sluts either, but I don't see you
> getting all up in arms over that.

One could conclude that a hiigh school girl who goes out and has sex
with someone just to get pregnant, without having strong feelings for
the person, is a slut, if one was so inclined.

One could not conclude anything about their religious affiliation from
this.  Actually, if anything, the logical conclusion is that they're
_not_ Catholic, since a devout Catholic would be abstinent until
marriage.

And all of this presupposes we even accept your tortured and unlikely
parsing of the subject line.
tjab - 21 Jun 2008 17:17 GMT
>> >> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> >> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are expecting
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
>with someone just to get pregnant, without having strong feelings for
>the person, is a slut, if one was so inclined.

Does it say in the article that none of the girls had strong feelings
for the persons who impregnated them? Seems to me you're letting your
own bigotry/carelessness with the facts reported show.

>One could not conclude anything about their religious affiliation from
>this.  Actually, if anything, the logical conclusion is that they're
>_not_ Catholic, since a devout Catholic would be abstinent until
>marriage.

By your "logic," there are a couple of orders of magnitude more Catholics
than there are devout Catholics. Then again, the subject line doesn't
say anything about devout.

One could argue that devout Jews, Protestants, Catholics, Moslems,
and Buddhists would be abstinent until marriage, yet by most polls
over 90% of Americans have sex before marriage.

What do you logically conclude from that, Larry?
Larry - 21 Jun 2008 18:22 GMT
> >> >> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
> >> >> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are
[quoted text clipped - 42 lines]
> for the persons who impregnated them? Seems to me you're letting your
> own bigotry/carelessness with the facts reported show.

Why do you argue with me for the sake of it?

But fine, have it your way.  Jonez jumped to multiple unsupported
conclusions about these girls - one about them being Catholic, one about
them being sluts.  Rather than criticizing him for them, you attack me
for only calling him out on one of the irrational and unsupported
conclusions he drew.

Your blind support of him leads you to put forth some truly absurd
arguments.

> >One could not conclude anything about their religious affiliation from
> >this.  Actually, if anything, the logical conclusion is that they're
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> By your "logic," there are a couple of orders of magnitude more Catholics
> than there are devout Catholics.

I'd think most of them would agree with you that they're Catholic, but
not devoutly so.  Do you have a point, or are you arguing with me for
the sake of it, as usual?

> Then again, the subject line doesn't
> say anything about devout.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> What do you logically conclude from that, Larry?

That you go to ridiculously laughable lengths to be the only one who
defends Jonez and his bigoted absurd statements.
tjab - 21 Jun 2008 20:50 GMT
>> >> >> >> >> Did teen mothers-to-be make pregnancy pact?
>> >> >> >> >> At least 17 students in one Massachusetts high school are
[quoted text clipped - 48 lines]
>conclusions about these girls - one about them being Catholic, one about
>them being sluts.  

A post back you implied that this was a reasonable conclusion.

What changed your mind?

>Rather than criticizing him for them, you attack me
>for only calling him out on one of the irrational and unsupported
>conclusions he drew.
>
>Your blind support of him leads you to put forth some truly absurd
>arguments.

Not supporting him, just disabusing you of the delusion that you are
better than him.

>> >One could not conclude anything about their religious affiliation from
>> >this.  Actually, if anything, the logical conclusion is that they're
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>not devoutly so.  Do you have a point, or are you arguing with me for
>the sake of it, as usual?

I'm pointing out the flaw in your logic. Do you think you should be immune
from that?

>> Then again, the subject line doesn't
>> say anything about devout.

Point being that you are doing exactly what you accuse the OP of doing.

>> One could argue that devout Jews, Protestants, Catholics, Moslems,
>> and Buddhists would be abstinent until marriage, yet by most polls
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>That you go to ridiculously laughable lengths to be the only one who
>defends Jonez and his bigoted absurd statements.

See thread "Larry Gets His Bluff Called, Then Shows He's a Chicken!"
Larry - 21 Jun 2008 22:15 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-BCA5EE.11455320062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 57 lines]
>
> What changed your mind?

I think it is a reasonable conclusion.  Teenage girls, with no
indication any are married or even in serious relationships, agree with
each other - not with the baby-fathers, but with each other - to get
pregnant.  I think it is a reasonable conclusion, but you're the one who
challenged me on it.

Look at it this way.  I say "slut" was reasonable and "Catholic" was an
unsupported bigoted assumption.  If I'm right, your best friend Jonez
only made one such assumption.  But you challenge me on my conclusion
that "slut" is appropriate.  So if you're right, Jonez made two
baseless, offensive assumptions.  That's why I'm willing to let you have
this one - you inadvertently portrayed things as worse for your ally.

> >Rather than criticizing him for them, you attack me
> >for only calling him out on one of the irrational and unsupported
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Not supporting him, just disabusing you of the delusion that you are
> better than him.

By pointing out that he made more unsupported and baseless assertions
and accusing me of only pointing out the most obvious one, you think
you're showing I'm not better than him?  Really?

> >> >One could not conclude anything about their religious affiliation from
> >> >this.  Actually, if anything, the logical conclusion is that they're
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> I'm pointing out the flaw in your logic. Do you think you should be immune
> from that?

I'm not immune from having these things pointed out to me, when they
occur.  This is not such a situation.

> >> Then again, the subject line doesn't
> >> say anything about devout.
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> See thread "Larry Gets His Bluff Called, Then Shows He's a Chicken!"

I did, and didn't see anything new.  Jonez admitted to being a bigot,
and you still blindly defend him!
tjab - 22 Jun 2008 07:54 GMT
>Jonez admitted to being a bigot

Cite? Message ID? URL?
Larry - 22 Jun 2008 14:38 GMT
> >Jonez admitted to being a bigot
>
> Cite? Message ID? URL?

In MID <6b8rctF3akaiiU1@mid.individual.net>, in response to my question
(to you)"Have you ever heard Jonze make a racist and bigoted statement
or not?" he responded "You mean like when I've called you and your ilk
pig-ignorant white-trash  scumbags?"

Then in MID <6b8steF3ajf26U1@mid.individual.net>, when I asked how you
were going to respond to that quote of his, Jonez admitted it was
bigoted, saying it was a "slow pitch softball" that he lobbed up for me.

What say you now, Jonez apologist?

(You'll see in the same thread he makes multiple jokes about Jews being
cooked to death in ovens and gas chambers as well.  Great guy you've
allied yourself with, there.)

I expect you'll slink away now, like you did when I originally posted
these messages and quotes to you asking for your acknowledgment.
tjab - 22 Jun 2008 20:46 GMT
>> >Jonez admitted to being a bigot
>>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>or not?" he responded "You mean like when I've called you and your ilk
>pig-ignorant white-trash  scumbags?"

After all your months of innuendo, the best you can come up with is
that Jonez (who I suspect is also white) called you "white trash?"

Here is your original challenge to me:

[Larry wrote]

1) Do you admit that Jonez has authored posts which include hateful
comments based on others' religion, race, perceived sexual orientation,
and the like, in which he has called for death and/or serious injuries
to befall those people?    

I gave you a very direct answer: "No."

I then asked you this:

"Do you assert that Jonez has authored posts which include hateful
comments based on others' religion, race, perceived sexual orientation,
and the like, in which he has called for death and/or serious injuries
to befall those people?    

Just how gutless are you, that a month and a half has gone by and you have
yet to give a direct answer?
Larry - 22 Jun 2008 23:23 GMT
> >> >Jonez admitted to being a bigot
> >>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> After all your months of innuendo, the best you can come up with is
> that Jonez (who I suspect is also white) called you "white trash?"

The best?  Far from it.  But I said Jonez admitted to being a bigot, you
asked for proof, and I provided proof where he admitted to it.  Game
over.

Do you think "white trash" is not racist?
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 22:45 GMT
>> >> >Jonez admitted to being a bigot
>> >>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>The best?  Far from it.  But I said Jonez admitted to being a bigot, you
>asked for proof, and I provided proof where he admitted to it.  

That didn't sound like an admission to me, Larry.

Do you still think our mission in Iraq is to crush the Sunnis and the Shiites?
Larry - 24 Jun 2008 23:04 GMT
> >> >> >Jonez admitted to being a bigot
> >> >>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> That didn't sound like an admission to me, Larry.

To you, it wouldn't.  That's not the least bit surprising.

> Do you still think our mission in Iraq is to crush the Sunnis and the Shiites?

I don't now, I never did, and you really shouldn't keep advertising how
poor your reading comprehension skills are.

But wouldn't someone wanting to crush all Sunnis and Shiites at least be
on par with someone who calls al Native Americans "savages"?   I'm
waiting to see how you distinguish that scenario, since I know you
will....
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 23:09 GMT
>> >> >> >Jonez admitted to being a bigot
>> >> >>
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>But wouldn't someone wanting to crush all Sunnis and Shiites at least be
>on par with someone who calls al Native Americans "savages"?  

Maybe if you don't think there's any difference between killing people and
calling them names.
Larry - 24 Jun 2008 23:11 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-97B297.17150321062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
> Maybe if you don't think there's any difference between killing people and
> calling them names.

So you don't think calling an entire race a derogatory name is racist?  
Yes or no.
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 23:32 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-97B297.17150321062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 32 lines]
>So you don't think calling an entire race a derogatory name is racist?  
>Yes or no.

How about a yes or no to the question you've been ducking since the beginning
of May, Larry? (See thread: Larry rings doorbell, runs away.)
Larry - 24 Jun 2008 23:35 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-738FEB.09383522062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 41 lines]
> How about a yes or no to the question you've been ducking since the beginning
> of May, Larry? (See thread: Larry rings doorbell, runs away.)

Why do you duck the question?  Is the answer too painful for you to
confront?
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 23:46 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-738FEB.09383522062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 44 lines]
>Why do you duck the question?  Is the answer too painful for you to
>confront?

Answer the question you've been ducking since the beginning of May and maybe I'll
answer yours sometime in the next month or two. Until then, stop whining.
Larry - 24 Jun 2008 23:52 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-457ABD.18232622062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 63 lines]
> I'll
> answer yours sometime in the next month or two.

It's not worth it.  You're going to distort any post of Jonezy's I
provide for you.

Besides, your silence in response to my question was an answer unto
itself.  It takes a strong person to admit they made a mistake and later
renounce an ally of theirs - and a coward not to.
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 23:59 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-457ABD.18232622062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 66 lines]
>It's not worth it.  You're going to distort any post of Jonezy's I
>provide for you.

Didn't I tell you to stop whining?
Kent Wills - 26 Jun 2008 03:26 GMT
[...]

>>> >But wouldn't someone wanting to crush all Sunnis and Shiites at least be
>>> >on par with someone who calls al Native Americans "savages"?  
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>How about a yes or no to the question you've been ducking since the beginning
>of May, Larry? (See thread: Larry rings doorbell, runs away.)

    Avoidance noted, and expected.

Signature

Jonezie:

>> Or you could discuss the holocaust of Native Americans by
>> the invading White Man ...

Deadrat:
> Sure.  I for Indian or N for Native?

Jonezie:
S for Savage.

Prof. Jonez expressing his racial HATE for Native Americans.
Message-ID: <6b3i56F2svfk5U1@mid.individual.net>
Reality_Check© - 25 Jun 2008 00:33 GMT
>> >> >> In article
>> >> >> <x-738FEB.09383522062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
> So you don't think calling an entire race a derogatory name is racist?
> Yes or no.

""Imagine, Niggers Speaking French!" - US Secretary of State, William
Jennings Bryan
Kent Wills - 24 Jun 2008 23:32 GMT
[...]

>>> >In MID <6b8rctF3akaiiU1@mid.individual.net>, in response to my question
>>> >(to you)"Have you ever heard Jonze make a racist and bigoted statement
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
>That didn't sound like an admission to me, Larry.

    It wouldn't, since you foolishly took the position that he's not
a bigot.  Rather than be mature and admit you were wrong, you pull an
ostridge and burry your head (metaphorically) when the proof is
presented.

Jonezie:
>> Or you could discuss the holocaust of Native Americans by
>> the invading White Man ...

Deadrat:
> Sure.  I for Indian or N for Native?

Jonezie:
S for Savage.

Prof. Jonez expressing his racial HATE for Native Americans.
Message-ID: <6b3i56F2svfk5U1@mid.individual.net>
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 23:43 GMT
>[...]
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>     It wouldn't, since you foolishly took the position that he's not
>a bigot.  

It wouldn't, because for all any of us other than Larry and Jonez know,
this is just one white person calling another white person white.
Larry - 24 Jun 2008 23:45 GMT
> >[...]
> >
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> It wouldn't, because for all any of us other than Larry and Jonez know,
> this is just one white person calling another white person white.

Calling someone "white trash" is the same as calling them "white"?  Wow,
the linguistic gymnastics continue!
tjab - 24 Jun 2008 23:57 GMT
>> >[...]
>> >
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>Calling someone "white trash" is the same as calling them "white"?  Wow,
>the linguistic gymnastics continue!

Do you think it's racist to call you "trash," or "scumbag?"
Larry - 25 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT
> >> >[...]
> >> >
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
>
> Do you think it's racist to call you "trash," or "scumbag?"

He didn't say trash.  He said "white trash," which is a well-known
phrase.  Your gymnastics continue... amazing.
tjab - 25 Jun 2008 00:05 GMT
>> >> >[...]
>> >> >
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
>He didn't say trash.  He said "white trash," which is a well-known
>phrase.

And what did you take him to mean by it?
Larry - 25 Jun 2008 01:37 GMT
> >> >> >[...]
> >> >> >
[quoted text clipped - 32 lines]
>
> And what did you take him to mean by it?

The same thing that everyone but you understands it to mean, I imagine.
tjab - 25 Jun 2008 05:09 GMT
>> >> >> >[...]
>> >> >> >
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
>
>The same thing that everyone but you understands it to mean, I imagine.

Way to duck a question.
Larry - 25 Jun 2008 05:23 GMT
> >> >> >> >[...]
> >> >> >> >
[quoted text clipped - 42 lines]
>
> Way to duck a question.

Like you refusing to say whether you think "white trash" is a racist
comment or not?
tjab - 25 Jun 2008 05:47 GMT
>> >> >> >> >[...]
>> >> >> >> >
[quoted text clipped - 45 lines]
>Like you refusing to say whether you think "white trash" is a racist
>comment or not?

Old business before new:

You asked me:

[Larry wrote]

1) Do you admit that Jonez has authored posts which include hateful
comments based on others' religion, race, perceived sexual orientation,
and the like, in which he has called for death and/or serious injuries
to befall those people?

I said no.

I then asked you:

1) Do you claim that Jonez has authored posts which include hateful
comments based on others' religion, race, perceived sexual orientation,
and the like, in which he has called for death and/or serious injuries
to befall those people?

Well?
Larry - 25 Jun 2008 11:46 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-FD884F.18450524062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 54 lines]
>
> Old business before new:

Way to duck a question.

> You asked me:
>
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> Well?

Isn't it obvious from my question to you that I do make that claim?

There you go.  I answered your question.  Now you have no excuse
whatsoever.  Do you think that calling someone "white trash" is a racist
comment or not?
tjab - 25 Jun 2008 18:21 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-FD884F.18450524062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 78 lines]
>
>Isn't it obvious from my question to you that I do make that claim?

Is that a yes?

It's obvious from your question that you're trying to make that claim
without coming out and saying it. Why? Because then you might have to
defend your claim with an example. And apparently you can't.

Let me help: an example would be, say, Jonez saying that our mission
is to "crush the Sunnis and Shiites" in Iraq. Of course that's just an
example -- he didn't say it, you did.

Your turn: where do you see Jonez calling for death and/or serious
injuries to befall a group of people based on their religion, race,
or sexual orientation?
Larry - 25 Jun 2008 19:53 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-ECB93A.19002624062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 100 lines]
> without coming out and saying it. Why? Because then you might have to
> defend your claim with an example. And apparently you can't.

You're so obtuse you require the word "yes"?  OK: Yes.

Now answer my question.  Is "white trash" a racist insult or not?

> Let me help: an example would be, say, Jonez saying that our mission
> is to "crush the Sunnis and Shiites" in Iraq. Of course that's just an
> example -- he didn't say it, you did.

I didn't do it either, liar.

> Your turn: where do you see Jonez calling for death and/or serious
> injuries to befall a group of people based on their religion, race,
> or sexual orientation?

No, your turn.  I answered your question, you answer mine.  Unless this
it your backup plan to avoid it yet again, despite saying you'd answer
once I answered that question  from you.
tjab - 25 Jun 2008 22:57 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-ECB93A.19002624062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 104 lines]
>
>Now answer my question.  Is "white trash" a racist insult or not?

Here's your answer: it depends on the speaker and the speaker's intent.
Kinda like the "n-word."

>> Let me help: an example would be, say, Jonez saying that our mission
>> is to "crush the Sunnis and Shiites" in Iraq. Of course that's just an
>> example -- he didn't say it, you did.
>
>I didn't do it either, liar.

Another example of your cowardly practice of saying things without
having to stand behind them. You put the words in the mouth of a
hypothetical US soldier and then heroically came to the defense of your
imaginary serviceman. To use your words from above, "isn't it obvious"
what you meant?

>> Your turn: where do you see Jonez calling for death and/or serious
>> injuries to befall a group of people based on their religion, race,
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>it your backup plan to avoid it yet again, despite saying you'd answer
>once I answered that question  from you.

Your turn: where do you see Jonez calling for death and/or serious                                          
injuries to befall a group of people based on their religion, race,                                        
or sexual orientation?
Larry - 26 Jun 2008 03:11 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-D619E4.20372724062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 119 lines]
> Here's your answer: it depends on the speaker and the speaker's intent.
> Kinda like the "n-word."

"It depends"?   When Jonez makes a racist comment, and I call him out on
it, to which he admits it was a "softball" for me, you can't being
yourself to admit that your hero made a racist comment.  When he called
someone "white trash" you claim you can't tell if it is an insult or not
because it depends on the speaker's intent.

You're pathetic.  And the definition of "apologist."

> >> Let me help: an example would be, say, Jonez saying that our mission
> >> is to "crush the Sunnis and Shiites" in Iraq. Of course that's just an
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> imaginary serviceman. To use your words from above, "isn't it obvious"
> what you meant?

Yes, it was obvious.  And the exact words I used were entirely
irrelevant to the point being made.  So I suppose it was obvious to
everyone except you.


> >> Your turn: where do you see Jonez calling for death and/or serious
> >> injuries to befall a group of people based on their religion, race,
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>                              
> or sexual orientation?  

In his posts.  I don't have access to any other of his writings.
tjab - 26 Jun 2008 14:31 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-D619E4.20372724062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 125 lines]
>someone "white trash" you claim you can't tell if it is an insult or not
>because it depends on the speaker's intent.

Oh, it was definitely an insult. What, are you really as slow-witted as he says?

>You're pathetic.  And the definition of "apologist."
>
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
>
>In his posts.  

Cite? URL? Message ID?
Larry - 27 Jun 2008 02:07 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-DE3335.00234025062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 144 lines]
> Oh, it was definitely an insult. What, are you really as slow-witted as he
> says?

I called it an insult from day 1.  You hemmed and hawwed and beat around
the bush until you had no option but to reluctantly admit the
inescapable truth.

> >You're pathetic.  And the definition of "apologist."
> >
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
>
> Cite? URL? Message ID?

How about the one KEnt provided?
Kent Wills - 27 Jun 2008 03:20 GMT
[...]

>> >"It depends"?   When Jonez makes a racist comment, and I call him out on
>> >it, to which he admits it was a "softball" for me, you can't being
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>the bush until you had no option but to reluctantly admit the
>inescapable truth.

   Has he admitted it?
[...]

>> >> Your turn: where do you see Jonez calling for death and/or serious        
>> >>    
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
>How about the one KEnt provided?

    That won't count, since it proves tjab wrong.

Signature

Jonezie:

>> Or you could discuss the holocaust of Native Americans by
>> the invading White Man ...

Deadrat:
> Sure.  I for Indian or N for Native?

Jonezie:
S for Savage.

Prof. Jonez expressing his racial HATE for Native Americans.
Message-ID: <6b3i56F2svfk5U1@mid.individual.net>
tjab - 27 Jun 2008 15:18 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-DE3335.00234025062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 148 lines]
>the bush until you had no option but to reluctantly admit the
>inescapable truth.

What inescapable truth is that?
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 01:49 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-198574.06464925062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 177 lines]
>
> What inescapable truth is that?

That "white trash" is a racist insult, and Jonez used it that way
_ Prof. Jonez _ - 28 Jun 2008 04:21 GMT
>> In article
>> <x-1FFF11.21073826062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Larry
[quoted text clipped - 193 lines]
>
> That "white trash" is a racist insult, and Jonez used it that way

Since when is "trash" a race, eh numbnuts?
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 05:20 GMT
> >> In article
> >> <x-1FFF11.21073826062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Larry
[quoted text clipped - 195 lines]
>
> Since when is "trash" a race, eh numbnuts?

Wow.  You're way dumber than the box of ball-peen hammers Deadrat's been
comparing you to recently.  It's not even close.
tjab - 28 Jun 2008 08:26 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-198574.06464925062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 179 lines]
>
>That "white trash" is a racist insult, and Jonez used it that way

I "admit" nothing of the sort.

Here's a racist insult: Grover Norquist calling Obama "John Kerry
with a tan." Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.

Got anything to say about that, Larry? Kent? Moe?
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 08:30 GMT
> >> >> >> In article
> >> >> >> <x-AD4E19.14531625062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 205 lines]
>
> I "admit" nothing of the sort.

So you think it is an insult, but not a racist one?

> Here's a racist insult: Grover Norquist calling Obama "John Kerry
> with a tan." Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
> Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.
>
> Got anything to say about that, Larry? Kent? Moe?

Wow.  The "But everyone else is doing it!" defense.  Do you realize how
low you've sunk?
tjab - 28 Jun 2008 08:44 GMT
>> >> >> >> In article
>> >> >> >> <x-AD4E19.14531625062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
[quoted text clipped - 216 lines]
>Wow.  The "But everyone else is doing it!" defense.  Do you realize how
>low you've sunk?

In other words, you've got nothing to say about that.
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 15:22 GMT
> >> >> >> >> >Now answer my question.  Is "white trash" a racist insult or
> >> >> >> >> >not?
[quoted text clipped - 42 lines]
>
> In other words, you've got nothing to say about that.

Sure I do.  All of Those comments by Norquist and Fox News are
completely and utterly unacceptable and inappropriate.  I don't know why
you'd think I would support or agree with them.

Now lets look on the other hand and some of the absurd apologetics
you've pulled in the last week or so regarding your friend Jonez:

1) You've argued that "white trash" is not a racist comment,

2) You said I misinterpreted what Jonez said when he called for Jews to
be cooked in ovens,

3) You've dismissed as "sarcasm" his call to get kerosene and a stake
ready so someone identified as a witch can be burned, and

4) When he referred to girls as "Catholic High School Sluts," when they
obviously attended a public school, you argued he was referring to the
girls, not the school.  But when it was pointed out there was nothing to
suggest the girls were Catholic, you fell silent.

What's quite interesting is that Jonez himself didn't even go to these
lengths to justify what he said as acceptable - rather, he admitted in
at least one case I called him out on that it was a "softball" he
pitched for me to attack.

You're sad.
tjab - 28 Jun 2008 19:58 GMT
>> >> >> >> >> >Now answer my question.  Is "white trash" a racist insult or
>> >> >> >> >> >not?
[quoted text clipped - 54 lines]
>2) You said I misinterpreted what Jonez said when he called for Jews to
>be cooked in ovens,

If you say that's what he said, I don't think you misinterpreted anything.
I think you're flat out lying.

>3) You've dismissed as "sarcasm" his call to get kerosene and a stake
>ready so someone identified as a witch can be burned, and

And? It clearly was sarcasm, as I suspect you well know.

>4) When he referred to girls as "Catholic High School Sluts," when they
>obviously attended a public school, you argued he was referring to the
>girls, not the school.  

I pointed out the possibility.

>But when it was pointed out there was nothing to
>suggest the girls were Catholic, you fell silent.

There is plenty to suggest, but nothing to prove this.

Ironically, you defended his claim that they were "sluts,"
on as little evidence.
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 23:50 GMT
> >> >> >> >> >> >Now answer my question.  Is "white trash" a racist insult or
> >> >> >> >> >> >not?
[quoted text clipped - 78 lines]
>
> There is plenty to suggest, but nothing to prove this.

See that?  An excuse for everything.  Amazing.

> Ironically, you defended his claim that they were "sluts,"
> on as little evidence.

We know they're teenagers, unmarried, and sexually active.
tjab - 29 Jun 2008 00:02 GMT
>> >> >> >> >> >> >Now answer my question.  Is "white trash" a racist insult or
>> >> >> >> >> >> >not?
[quoted text clipped - 80 lines]
>
>See that?  An excuse for everything.  Amazing.

Pointing out that you lied about something is "an excuse?"

>> Ironically, you defended his claim that they were "sluts,"
>> on as little evidence.
>
>We know they're teenagers, unmarried, and sexually active.

Which you, with your superior intellect, presented as evidence
that they weren't Catholic.

And now present as evidence that they were "sluts."

Is it hard to read this with that beam in your eye?
Kent Wills - 28 Jun 2008 12:17 GMT
[...]

>> >That "white trash" is a racist insult, and Jonez used it that way
>>
>> I "admit" nothing of the sort.
>
>So you think it is an insult, but not a racist one?

    He's unable or unwilling to accept that someone he's devoted so
much "hero worship" to is as vile as the proof shows.

>> Here's a racist insult: Grover Norquist calling Obama "John Kerry
>> with a tan." Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>Wow.  The "But everyone else is doing it!" defense.  Do you realize how
>low you've sunk?

   The Obama/Kerry comparison looks racist to me.  Depending on
actual context (tjab HATES context), it may not be.  I'll need to look
into the matter to make a more informed opinion.
   I find it interesting how someone referring to Michelle as Baby
Mama in some way equates to bigotry in tjab's mind.  It's an odd title
to bestow, but she is younger than Barack and is the mother of their
children.
   Even if it was bigoted, tjab will excuse it as being sarcasm.

Signature

Jonezie:

>> Or you could discuss the holocaust of Native Americans by
>> the invading White Man ...

Deadrat:
> Sure.  I for Indian or N for Native?

Jonezie:
S for Savage.

Prof. Jonez expressing his racial HATE for Native Americans.
Message-ID: <6b3i56F2svfk5U1@mid.individual.net>
Kent Wills - 28 Jun 2008 12:05 GMT
[...]

>>> What inescapable truth is that?
>>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>Here's a racist insult: Grover Norquist calling Obama "John Kerry
>with a tan."

   Certainly a bigoted comment.

>Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
>Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.
>
>Got anything to say about that, Larry? Kent? Moe?

   Michelle is younger than Barack, but to call her his Baby Mama is
odd.  I don't see the racism in it.

--
Jonezie:
>> Or you could discuss the holocaust of Native Americans by
>> the invading White Man ...

Deadrat:
> Sure.  I for Indian or N for Native?

Jonezie:
S for Savage.

Prof. Jonez expressing his racial HATE for Native Americans.
Message-ID: <6b3i56F2svfk5U1@mid.individual.net>
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 15:28 GMT
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>     Certainly a bigoted comment.

Actually, the more I think about it, I'm not so sure.  Would "John Kerry
with darker skin" be racist?  He's saying that the two have similar
views, and the only difference is their skin color.

Would calling Kerry "Barack Obama with lighter skin" be racist?

> >Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
> >Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.
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>     Michelle is younger than Barack, but to call her his Baby Mama is
> odd.  I don't see the racism in it.

Well, "baby mama" is a colloquial term used in urban areas to identify
someone who is the mother of a guy's child, but isn't his wife or
girlfriend.  So while it is technically correct that she is the mother
of his children, the implication would be that they just hooked up a few
times and aren't married, which is just wrong.  The comment is mostly
used in reference to (and by) African Americans, which is why I think
tjab thinks it is racist.
Kent Wills - 28 Jun 2008 18:11 GMT
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>Would calling Kerry "Barack Obama with lighter skin" be racist?

   I think it would.

>> >Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
>> >Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.
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>of his children, the implication would be that they just hooked up a few
>times and aren't married, which is just wrong.  

    They've been married for a long time, so yes, it's certainly
wrong.

>The comment is mostly
>used in reference to (and by) African Americans, which is why I think
>tjab thinks it is racist.

   I don't see it.  Perhaps tjab will explain it.

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Larry - 28 Jun 2008 18:18 GMT
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>     I think it would.

Would saying that Obama is a "shorter John Kerry" be a height-based
insult?

At some point, it's just a comparison, not an insult or racism.

> >> >Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
> >> >Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.
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>     I don't see it.  Perhaps tjab will explain it.
Deadrat - 28 Jun 2008 18:33 GMT
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>     I think it would.

Why would you think that someone's skin color had a pejorative
connotation?

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Deadrat - 28 Jun 2008 17:49 GMT
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>     Certainly a bigoted comment.

Interesting.  Why?

>>Here's another: Fox News putting the caption "Obama's
>>Baby Mama" under Michelle Obama.
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>     Michelle is younger than Barack, but to call her his Baby Mama is
> odd.  I don't see the racism in it.

"Babymama" is slang for a woman by whom a man has fathered a child, a woman
not the man's wife.  Connotations vary, but the term often carries the
sense that the baby is an incidental and unintended consequence of a
strictly sexual relationship.  The age of the parties doesn't enter into
it.

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_ Prof. Jonez _ - 30 Jun 2008 23:10 GMT
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>    Michelle is younger than Barack, but to call her his Baby Mama is
> odd.  I don't see the racism in it.

"We huddled 'em up. We made them squat down... I poured four clips
into the dinks...the mothers kept hugging their children...we kept on
firing..."

- Paul Meadlo, US Army commenting on US War crimes at My Lai
_ Prof. Jonez _ - 28 Jun 2008 04:20 GMT
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>>> <x-F61059.22113825062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Larry
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> What inescapable truth is that?

Certainly none of these ...

"What do you think a "DNA Warrant" is?  There is no such thing."
             -- Larry the legal stooge

" [The Jury] might have unanimously found that he probably committed the crime,
or likely committed them, or possibly committed them - *or* that he was in fact
innocent."
                     --  Larry the idiot

"The jury was hung.  Whether it was hung 11 for the top count and 1
for a lesser count or 1 for the top count and 11 to acquit is of no legal
relevance in terms of bail."
           -- Larry the legal imbecile

" Actually, prisons are one of the few public places where
you can still smoke."
                   -- Larry the moron

"There are over 1300 ADAs in New York City alone, and
I personally know at least a half-dozen named Larry or Lawrence."
                       -- Larry the eponymous fool

" I don't know a single attorney, public or private,
who knows his/her attorney registration number."
                     -- Larry G. the habitual liar.

"Plus, receiving stolen money (or property of any kind) is only a
crime if the recipient knows it is stolen"
             -- Lyin' Larry, the legal jackass

>>>> Kent Wills:  "I'm just the guy who can travel without restriction to
>>>> several Latin American countries."

>>>> UM: "Why not all the Latin American countries then, eh Kent?"

>>>> Larry G. the imbecile: "Federal law, dumbass.  No citizen can go
>>>> to some of the nations from the US."

Larry the Imbecile claims that 0.625 grams is "far more than a gram"
and that a handcuffed man will "fall faster" when pushed off a cliff.

>>>> Q: And just what does a moron like you think a Townhouse is, eh jackass ?
>>>> Larry the Ignoramus: "A dwelling, which is a type of structure or building.
>>>>                                      It is not, however, real property."

"I never mentioned New York?  That's so demonstrably false I'm still
laughing.  Anytime I speak in anything resembling a specific, I make it
clear that I'm referring to NY statutes.  I've never claimed to know the
details of criminal statutes in other jurisdictions."
     -- Larry G. the Pathological Liar

"Having private savings accounts comprise a part of social security
is not the same as privatizing social security."
    -- Larry G., stammering imbecile

"I happen to be a prosecutor in New York. "
      -- Larry G. the habitual liar

"I happen to be an Assistant District Attorney, and I have
absolute immunity for the charges I bring against someone.
Besides, someone being found "not guilty" does not mean they are 'innocent.'  "
      -- Larry the amoral coward

"Actually, as an Assistant District Attorney, I know precisely who should be in
prison "
     -- Larry G, fascist megalomaniac

"I truly hope that if you ever come to my jurisdiction and commit a
crime, I am assigned to prosecute the case against you.  I'd love to
show you up close and personal how good of a lawyer I am, fool."
    -- Larry, the poor pathetic bastard
Larry - 28 Jun 2008 05:19 GMT
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> >>> <x-F61059.22113825062008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Larry
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> show you up close and personal how good of a lawyer I am, fool."
>      -- Larry, the poor pathetic bastard

I notice all of a sudden I became "Larry G."  Is that a tacit admission
you had your head up your a.s about what my name really is?
Kent Wills - 28 Jun 2008 11:54 GMT
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>> "Actually, as an Assistant District Attorney, I know precisely who should be
>> in
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>I notice all of a sudden I became "Larry G."  Is that a tacit admission
>you had your head up your a.s about what my name really is?

   Isn't it interesting that he stated it's been proved that you are
Larry Glasser, yet now shows he doesn't know.

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Jonezie:

>> Or you could discuss the holocaust of Native Americans by
>> the invading White Man ...

Deadrat:
> Sure.  I for Indian or N for Native?

Jonezie:
S for Savage.

Prof. Jonez expressing his racial HATE for Native Americans.
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_ Prof. Jonez _ - 28 Jun 2008 21:04 GMT
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>    Isn't it interesting that he stated it's been proved that you are
> Larry Glasser, yet now shows he doesn't know.

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"- Prof. Jonez©" wrote:

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> Here's the Greivance information, now all we need to do is identify the
> unethical slimball lawyer named "Larry" ...
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> New York, NY 10006
> (212) 401-0800

 As I pointed out elsewhere, "Larry" has been identified as Larry Glasser, as
Glasser's posts make no sense if he is not our Larry. Moreover, *our* Larry has
identified himself as a NY ADA, and the chance that there are two Larry Glassers
working for that office are almost infinitesmal. It's certainly enough evidence
to establish probable cause, which is all we have to do to initiate a grievance.

 If someone did fi