Xopher and Dan, Thanks for your comments. You both sound like decent folks, really. Forgive me if I was mean to you. And Teresa, I have to say that "disemvowelling" thing you got here works great. Thanks for the idea!
Patrick, I was dead serious about what I said wrt to Rivka:
If Rivka can't handle Peggy Noonan, then maybe Rivka shouldn't be reading Peggy Noonan. A mindless computer game might be just the ticket. No reason for self-induced stress!
If reading a relatively white-bread columnist like Peggy Noonan caused such an extreme reaction in him, then maybe his high-stress job at the HIV Clinic is taking more out of him than he realizes. There's absolutely no shame in that at all. And maybe what he needs is simply some "down time". No shame in that, either.
And did this response deserve the vowel elimination treatment?:
Thanks, Rivka, I appreciate the complement, I suppose. If Peggy Noonan upsets you this much, then for goodness sake please don't read any Ann Coulter. You could have a stroke.
While Julia's response didn't?:
Um, yo, Tom?
Couth. Catch it.
That's NOT a personal attack? Or Xopher's:
[snickers at Tom McMahon, tries not to laugh out loud]
That's NOT a personal attack either? Or Dan Layman-Kennedy's:
Now, Xopher, try and be sympathetic. Just think how hard it must be to have a proper perspective on these issues from down there under the bridge.
Not a personal attack, either, I suppose.
Terry, if George W Bush was AWOL, then some proof needs to be provided by those making the charge. Just making the accusation by itself is not sufficient. And to this date they have not done so. And whatever evidence is provided, there are always further "questions". A perfect witch hunt. (And if you bring this up around here, they take away all your vowels! :-)
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Xopher, are you just jealous because George W Bush in a flight suit resonated the quality of leadership with the American public? Maybe the reason he looked so good in a flight suit was because he had been an actual fighter pilot.
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