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Post by MattC on Sept 19, 2010 12:05:16 GMT -5
Linda, we've discussed this before and its sad to see someone trying to give you crap for speaking you piece, even if I don't agree with your point of view, you have the right to push for it, as we all do. Is unfortunate when the issue becomes attacking the messenger as compared to dealing with the message - no matter what side it comes from. well, your side invented it.
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Post by MattC on Sept 19, 2010 12:15:15 GMT -5
Linda, we've discussed this before and its sad to see someone trying to give you crap for speaking you piece, even if I don't agree with your point of view, you have the right to push for it, as we all do. Is unfortunate when the issue becomes attacking the messenger as compared to dealing with the message - no matter what side it comes from. sfp, does anyone understand that both the postings by SES and new to this game were personal attacks toward me? Many people on both sides have written LTE but I have never seen this much focus from either side toward one individual until this happened to me. There has been sniping back and forth but nothing to this extent. We are even receiving hang up calls from blocked numbers at my home. Can anyone comprehend what this does to an 84 year old woman who was close to death (without a pulse on one occasion) and a CCU patient twice in August? SES outed me which was obviously intentional and malicious and then new to this game maligned me with the apparent intention of causing me to lose my job. I have done nothing to warrant these attacks except, apparently, anger (enrage) some NCG member(s) who knows me and wants to discredit me. I may not be a person loved by everyone but I never go out of my way to hurt people and I can't understand the magnitude of the hate that someone evidently feels toward me. So, don't defend NCG or anyone else in this instance. I wrote a letter, a simple letter describing opportunities for family entertainment at the proposed casino. I did not malign anyone by organization or individual name. What has been done to me and my mother is unconscionable and I am thoroughly disgusted whenever I hear anyone defending NCG for their tactics. This treatment was completely unwarranted and undeserved. By the way, since new to this game is an avid "fan" of mine I would like to state that I was not "planning" a party at Sharpshooters. That would indicate that I intend to subsidize the cost of the gathering. Nothing could be farther from the truth. As far as my language on BV goes, if it offends you, don't read it. Having expressed my feelings - clearly I hope - if I had known what was going to happen to me when I wrote the letter; I would have written two. This is the United States of America. This is not Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, et al. We are supposed to have freedom of speech in this country. I guess that Adams County is exempt. I was on my break when I wrote this for anyone concerned about my wasting time at work. Townie, you needn't defend your words or actions to these people. They are slime and have acted accordingly since this whole thing began. These people would love nothing more than to see the U.S.A. become Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, et al. and that's why they do what they do. Like Dr Phillips and her escapades, this is another example of a tyranny of the minority using the same tactics terrorists use, save bombing... so far. They are trying to make an example of you so that all with an opinion different from theirs will cower in fear the next time they wish to express it. The phone calls are just part of it. I'm proud of you for fighting back and not taking their shit.
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Post by HoneyBadger on Sept 19, 2010 12:59:34 GMT -5
I believe, Matt, that they expected me to keep quiet and hope that it all went away. They don't know me at all.
If they want a fight, they can have one. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Thanks for the support.
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Post by MattC on Sept 19, 2010 13:17:44 GMT -5
As Joe Pesci said to Ray Liotta as he was being sent to prison in Goodfellas, "Motherf~(< them every chance you get."
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Post by dspitz17325 on Sept 19, 2010 20:18:43 GMT -5
By the way: This above all — to thine ownself be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Hamlet -- Polonius, Act I, scene iii I have faults but lying is not one of them. Oh shit now they have gone and done it FT is quoting Shakespeare .
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Post by HoneyBadger on Sept 20, 2010 7:14:26 GMT -5
By the way: This above all � to thine ownself be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Hamlet -- Polonius, Act I, scene iii I have faults but lying is not one of them. Oh shit now they have gone and done it FT is quoting Shakespeare . Ah, Spitz, no one really knows me. I used to be a avid reader of Shakespeare. I read War and Peace 3 times. I studied archaeology and mythology and I could name all of the Egyptian dynasties. And now, I'm an idiot. I haven't used my mind for so long that all I've retained is stupidity.
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Post by lifesaver on Sept 20, 2010 7:51:35 GMT -5
Oh shit now they have gone and done it FT is quoting Shakespeare . Ah, Spitz, no one really knows me. I used to be a avid reader of Shakespeare. I read War and Peace 3 times. I studied archaeology and mythology and I could name all of the Egyptian dynasties. And now, I'm an idiot. I haven't used my mind for so long that all I've retained is stupidity. I always knew you were smart Townie Having extra letters behind your name does not necessarily make one smart. Over the years some of the smartest people I've met were the least formally educated.
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Post by gburgbaseballmom on Sept 20, 2010 7:55:11 GMT -5
Amen!
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Post by MattC on Sept 20, 2010 9:16:52 GMT -5
Ah, Spitz, no one really knows me. I used to be a avid reader of Shakespeare. I read War and Peace 3 times. I studied archaeology and mythology and I could name all of the Egyptian dynasties. And now, I'm an idiot. I haven't used my mind for so long that all I've retained is stupidity. I always knew you were smart Townie Having extra letters behind your name does not necessarily make one smart. Over the years some of the smartest people I've met were the least formally educated. I've yet to meet an overly educated person who has a clue. I always respect and value the self-educated man's point of view more... well, most of them.
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Post by Fire Marshal Bill on Sept 20, 2010 13:53:12 GMT -5
Ah, Spitz, no one really knows me. I used to be a avid reader of Shakespeare. I read War and Peace 3 times. I studied archaeology and mythology and I could name all of the Egyptian dynasties. And now, I'm an idiot. I haven't used my mind for so long that all I've retained is stupidity. I always knew you were smart Townie Having extra letters behind your name does not necessarily make one smart. Over the years some of the smartest people I've met were the least formally educated. My dad never completed the 6th grade, and used to help me with my high school science and math, and did a much better job of helping me understand things than the teachers.
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Post by HoneyBadger on Sept 20, 2010 15:28:54 GMT -5
I always knew you were smart Townie Having extra letters behind your name does not necessarily make one smart. Over the years some of the smartest people I've met were the least formally educated. My dad never completed the 6th grade, and used to help me with my high school science and math, and did a much better job of helping me understand things than the teachers. Folks, I was IQ intelligent (yeah, it was high) but I can't say that I'm smart. A couple of you know how dumb I've been. But, I'm getting smarter already.
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