[I don't get back to this group as often as I used to (probably a good
thing from the standpoint of many/most people here,) but I think this is
a particularly good time for me to post this... considering my
somewhat sordid history in these parts! - ANC]

A Saturday Rant 9-16-06: L'shanah tovah

http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm

Do you have a Jewish friend? This week and during the next three feel
free to tell them: L'shanah tovah (sha-NAH toe-VAH) meaning "for a good
year". The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah (rush ah sha nah) is this
week, followed by Yom Kippur.

One of my best memories was when I was in my first few weeks at the
University of Virginia and just getting used to people with a southern
accent. There was Charles, but he went by Chas, a very non-Jewish guy on
our hall from Alabama and I guess he did some research because he came
up to a group of us and said "Hey, SHANE toe-vah, y'all." It touched our
heart... a guy from the deep South who had probably never met a Jew
until two weeks before made an attempt to bridge a cultural gap. We made
him an honorary Jew right there on the spot! (Y'all not gonna do that
circumcision thing, that's for damn sure!")

This is the time of year when Jews ask a pardon to all those they have
maligned... and for me that's about most of the world and probably
everyone here! But seriously, do forgive me of whatever grief I've
caused. We are not allowed to ask God for a pardon until/unless we have
asked our fellow men and women. I guess it's to teach us a bit of
humility.

Rosh Hashanah is a happy occasion... full of good wishes, fellowship,
and hope for a better time... followed a week later by the very serious
"Days of Awe" where we repent and ask to be inscribed in the "book of
life" for the next year... "before the gates begin to close."

This time of year I always remember him. Chas had became a good friend
of mine.. the first non-Jewish "real" friend I'd ever made. We would
double-date... and even swap dates! I taught him how the stock market
worked. He taught me how to drink bourbon (I got the better of that
deal!). We laughed at the Smothers Brothers show. We cried when MLK and
RFK were killed. On graduation day in June of 1969, in cap and gown and
clutching well-earned diplomas, we hugged each other, shook hands and
vowed to stay in touch. We had our whole lives ahead of us. It was a
good time... an exciting time.

I went off to teach school in West Virginia.
http://adams-blake.com/item.php?reco...estyle=default

Chas, being a son of the south and of a military family went to the
service as an ROTC officer. I disagreed with him about that decision,
but to no avail. We argued about it... but it was what he wanted to do.

I got a card from him that September.

All it said was "SHANE toe-vah, y'all." I laughed and laughed and
laughed. I think I still have that card somewhere.

I never heard from him again.

He was killed in Vietnam three months later.

To all of you, L'shanah tova... to a better year.

Regards,

Al Canton
Adams-Blake Company, Inc.
http://www.adams-blake.com
http://www.jaya123.com

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:08:10 +0000, A. Canton wrote:

> [I don't get back to this group as often as I used to (probably a good
> thing from the standpoint of many/most people here,) but I think this is

<snip the usual bullshit>

Fuck off, morph-boy.

--
"Kanotix" - A German word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Dan C wrote:

> Fuck off, morph-boy.

It likely would have been more effective to say nothing at all ...

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Sylvain Robitaille syl@alcor.concordia.ca

Systems and Network analyst Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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In article <slrnegrrng.8040.syl@alcor.concordia.ca>,
Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote:

> Dan C wrote:
>
> > Fuck off, morph-boy.
>
> It likely would have been more effective to say nothing at all ...

Agreed.

But then again, this is a.o.l.s.... so perhaps his response is
predictable.

Anyway I wish you all "a better year."

ANC

A. Canton wrote:
> In article <slrnegrrng.8040.syl@alcor.concordia.ca>,
> Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>Dan C wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Fuck off, morph-boy.
>>
>>It likely would have been more effective to say nothing at all ...
>
>
> Agreed.
>
> But then again, this is a.o.l.s.... so perhaps his response is
> predictable.
>
> Anyway I wish you all "a better year."
>
> ANC

Well hey... I consider it lame to harass the people of this news group
(and others!) all year and then at the end come back here and ask for
a kind of "forgiveness" just because your God would not listen to you
otherwise.
It would have been the honourable way to say sorry - or not say sorry
- for all the awful contributions regardless.
As far as I am concerned, you don't need to apologize, news groups are
like hunting grounds. You are a hunter, and as with all hunters that
don't hunt for food, I feel no sympathy for you. You are what you are
and this will not change by your half-hearted plea.
Bargaining your way out of this should remain something between you
and your God - please leave us in peace.

Eric

In article <2b219$450ed880$3ec33592$5420@news.chello.nl>,
Eric Hameleers <alien@sox.homeip.net> wrote:

> Well hey... I consider it lame to .... ask for
> a kind of "forgiveness" just because your God would not listen to you
> otherwise.

I guess you're pissed at the Pope as well?

I see you on TV almost every night now... dancing up and down, waving
your fists, chanting 'death' to someone or something.


> and your God - please leave us in peace.

I don't think it's peace you want, Eric. Not you... not here... not
now... and probably not ever.

ANC

ANC wrote:

>> Well hey... I consider it lame to .... ask for a kind of
>> "forgiveness" just because your God would not listen to you
>> otherwise.
>
> I guess you're pissed at the Pope as well?

That statement implies a remarkable amount of bigotry, on your own part,
Al ...

> I don't think it's peace you want, ...

.... and you weren't _really_ asking for any forgiveness, were you?

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Sylvain Robitaille syl@alcor.concordia.ca

Systems and Network analyst Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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In article <slrnegu12r.9d23.syl@alcor.concordia.ca>,
Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote:

>
> That statement implies a remarkable amount of bigotry, on your own part,
> Al ...
>

I don't think I imply nearly as much as you infer.

I understand your POV... probably because I have a lot of experience in
being judged by you. You're entitled to your opinion and entitled to
express it. And you have a fairly good track record (better than mine!)
of being civil and even tempered. I won't convince you.. and you won't
convince me... so I'll leave it there.


> > I don't think it's peace you want, ...
>
> ... and you weren't _really_ asking for any forgiveness, were you?

Asking, yes. Expecting to get it? Here? In this group? With people like
Dan who personify evil? Yeah, right.

ANC

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:15:40 +0000, ANC wrote:

>> ... and you weren't _really_ asking for any forgiveness, were you?

> Asking, yes. Expecting to get it? Here? In this group? With people like
> Dan who personify evil? Yeah, right.

Run along and troll the Kanotix (Kan'tuseLinux) newsgroup, if there is
one, dickweed. Nobody gives a fuck about your silly religious bullshit,
or your lame references to Vietnam. We already know you're a yellow pussy
coward, and so does your "god", whatever it's name. Bugger off.

--
"Kanotix" - A German word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

In article <pan.2006.09.19.04.28.57.69341@invalid.lan>,
Dan C <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> wrote:

>
> Run along and troll the Kanotix (Kan'tuseLinux) newsgroup, if there is
> one, dickweed.

No newsgroup but a fairly active forum at kanotix.com as well as
#kanotix on freenode. I don't think either would tolerate the foul mouth
of Dan and disagreeable attitude of Eric H. It's far more of a support
community than a 'gotcha' venue as this one is for anyone who dares to
disagree about anything Slackware.

> Nobody gives a fuck about your silly religious bullshit,

Curious, Dan. What faith are you? You claim to be a military man. I've
never known a military person who didn't have a strong faith in one
religion or another. Is it true there are no atheists in foxholes?


> or your lame references to Vietnam.

My generation's Vietnam is your generation's Iraq. Like Vietnam it
started with a lie, and it's going to end just as badly.

> We already know you're a yellow pussy
> coward, and so does your "god", whatever it's name.

So you know what "god' knows? Why am I not surprised!

> Bugger off.

I don't think so... at least not until you and I are best friends!

ANC