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From:
H James Harkins
To:
idm
Date:
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:05:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Eggplant?
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I wanted to say something about this earlier, but I'm saying it now.
quoted 3 lines "Is this what Orbital would sound like if the Hartnoll Brothers> >"Is this what Orbital would sound like if the Hartnoll Brothers > > were gay lovers?" > > -eggplant wizard
I'm not sure what to make of this. It seems to have been intended as an insult, but I just can't see the word "gay" as anything other than high praise. What gives? FED UP with the conventional assocation between "gay" and "wishy-washy, ineffectual"--grow up Mr. Eggplant, this is junior high school stuff-- J PS Long live Akbar and Jeff! ________ \ / | "Who's Martha Stewart?" H. James Harkins | "She writes picture books about gracious living." jharkins@acpub.duke.edu | \/ | - from _Jeffrey_ "If we keep our attention focused on the present, we can be sure of one thing, namely that whatever we are attending to in this moment will change..." -- Jon Kabat-Zinn