Re: Ed Dolan the Great urges more respect

On Jul 12, 8:40 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 12, 6:19 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "JimmyMac" <jimmyma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > On Jul 11, 11:57 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> [...]
> >> >> I know all I will ever have to know about the working class every
time
> >> >> I
> >> >> get
> >> >> a plumber or an electrician over to the house to fix something.
They
> >> >> are
> >> >> basically Neanderthals. In other words, they are just like you!
>
> >> > I too have encountered many a contractor type that indeed do poor
> >> > work, but there are professionals in the working class that are an
> >> > entirely different breed and I count myself among them.  You'd know
> >> > nothing of them because you were never part and parcel of the
working
> >> > class other than your brief stint as a librarian.
>
> >> My complaint against the working class is not that they do not do
good
> >> work,
> >> but that they are unable to communicate in even the most elementary
> >> fa****on.
> >> They strike me as being stupid. The working class has contempt for
the
> >> life
> >> of the mind and I return the favor to them with interest.
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> >> My working class experience was the 4 years I spent in the Navy as an
> >> enlisted man. But I was a fish out of water. I never neglected the
life
> >> of
> >> the mind. In fact, it mattered much more to me than did any physical
> >> labor.
> >> Every spare moment was spent reading books in the various naval base
> >> libraries, all of which had excellent collections.
>
> > It is a given that military service is quite different from the
> > civilian working class arena.  I too was frustrated by much of what I
> > encountered in the service ranks and felt like the warden gave me my
> > walking papers when I got my honorary discharge papers.  ON the other
> > hand I was thinking of my civilian career when you referred to me as a
> > working class slob.  I was in IT ... a computer professional for which
> > your gratuitous insult was unsuitable and inapplicable.
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> Working class slobs are not even literate, so you are far from falling
into
> that class.
>
> >> But I did not have to work at any job to know the limitations of such
a
> >> life
> >> style. I am not in this world to perform any work; I am here for the
same
> >> reason that God exists (if indeed He does).
>
> > Why would a professed atheist compare himself to God?  The conundrum
> > continues.
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> It is AS IF God exists, not that He does.
>
> >> I strive to be pure being and I
> >> only want to contemplate Myself and the Eternal Verities. I am like
God
> >> that
> >> way. What is your excuse?
> >> [...]
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> > See my comment above regarding God.  Ed, you have yet to learn one
> > lesson in life.  It is not all about you.  As for me I strive to live
> > my life in such a way that I don't have to make excuses.
>
> I am online, not offline like you are (see my post "Who is Ed Dolan and
what
> is he doing on Usenet?"). Trust me on this. I know how to get along with
> folks. But that is not my aim on Usenet.
>
> >> > You can prove that you are a man of your word by dropping the Ed
Gin,
> >> > Johnny NoCom blather.
>
> >> Yes, I agree with you. I will drop the Ed Gin **** if you will drop
your
> >> stalking behavior.
>
> > So then you admit that the  Ed GIn stuff is **** then?  This has got
> > to be a trick.  As you have stated in the past ..."Well, I just don't
> > care about agreeing with anyone about anything."  OK, let's
> > negotiate.  First things first.  You left out Johnny NoCom.  Secondly,
> > I have an even better suggestion.  I can't stalk you if you aren't
> > here.  If you announce your departure, I will no longer post and will
> > refrain from doing so until you return.  Deal???
>
> Nope! I am going to remain here until I get totally fed up. Respond to
my
> content and forget my style and all will be well.
>
> >> It is OK to respond to my content, but the name calling
> >> is tiresome in the extreme.
>
> > Ed you cannot mandate or control how someone will respond to you
> > anymore than someone can mandate or control how you are to respond to
> > them.  Surely you must realize this.
>
> You have to accept my style. There is no other way.
>
> >> You are actually a better correspondent for me
> >> than Tom Sherman provided you respond to my content and not my style.
My
> >> style is to be enjoyed and does not need to be taken seriously.
>
> > I don't much care where I rank as a correspondent and I am not here to
> > be your correspondent .  I am not an admirer of your "style" and
mostly
> > respond to your content, so I don't know understand your objection.
> > If you ever learned to stop ****traying the equal op****tunity offender/
> > annoyer, you might find that Usenet can be a pleasant place devoid of
> > contention ... just a thought.
>
> I will continue to shove my style down your throat until you accept it.
> Content should be all that matters to you. Tom Sherman  has accepted my
> style as I have his. No one will ever dictate anything to me about HOW I
> style my posts. I am all about contention and nothing else. It is the
only
> thing that interests me.

You contentious style will always be unacceptable.

> >> >> >> Regards,
>
> >> >> >> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> >> >> >> aka
> >> >> >> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows -
Minnesota