Re: Okay...

As I am the 'words mean things' guy, I'll agree that a 'step' is not a
'stomp' if you will similarly agree that regardless of what you call it, the
guy was a 'dick.'  ; )

Johne Cook
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

> Words and truth matter.  Just as I dont' think a guy who commits a simple
> assualt should be charged or convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, a
> guy who puts his foot on someone should not be accused of "stomping" her.
>
> Mike F.
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Johne Cook <[email protected]>
> *To:* DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wed, October 27, 2010 4:21:45 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
>
> Whether you call it a 'step' or a 'stomp,' the guy was part of a gang of
> thugs who physically assaulted a zealous woman whose own attack was limited
> to the conceptual. I'm totally fine with this guy earning all the collective
> grief he's getting. She was perhaps overproud of her clever little zinger
> sign and pride goes before a fall, but the idea there is that God will
> judge, not some Kentucky yokels. The fact that he's expecting an apology
> from her just shows how clueless he is for his own sins.
>
> The whole thing was overblown, and while she was perhaps naive for thinking
> she would be safe delivering her little barb, I'm saddened that any of these
> resulted in physical violence. If his point is that she was guilty of
> conceptual violence and he was wounded as a result of her criticism of his
> favorite candidate, all sympathy is rendered null when he took it to the
> level of physical attack.
>
> Also, grow a pair and take a little political disagreement like a man.
> Sheesh. What is this guy, twelve?
>
> Johne Cook
> | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>  To be fair I wasn't talking to everybody.  And since when is everybody
>> using a term the standard for whether it is the correct term to use.  Do you
>> really think the choice of the word "stomp" was accidental or without
>> motive?
>>
>> Mike F.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Johne Cook <[email protected]>
>> *To:* DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wed, October 27, 2010 3:42:49 PM
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
>>
>> To be fair, everybody is calling it a stomp, so the word is hardly unique
>> to Thom.
>>
>> The real issue here is that while she was perhaps unwise to boldly attempt
>> to publicly upbraid Rand Paul with her sign, she didn't initiate violence,
>> violence was initiated on her. That's where it crossed the line.
>>
>> I would have looked at the sign, smiled, said 'Well played,' and moved
>> along. I don't have to take personal umbrage at every person who has an
>> alternate perspective.
>>
>> This kind of Blue state / Red state vilifying of the opposition bullshit
>> has got to stop. Paul and I come from radically different political
>> perspectives, and yet I consider him one of my closest friends. My politics
>> inform me, they don't define me. God defines me. The rest is mere detail
>> good for extra flavor.
>>
>> Johne Cook
>> | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>  He didn't step on her head, it was her shoulder, and it wasn't a
>>> stomp.  I watched the video immediately before posting that.  Put the
>>> koolaid down Thom.  I'm not defending the guy except to the extent of saying
>>> you shouldn't be saying he did something he didn't do.
>>>
>>> Mike F.
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Sent:* Wed, October 27, 2010 3:25:33 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
>>>
>>> >He didn't stomp on her head.
>>>
>>> You are really going to step up and defend this guy?  At best?  He steps
>>> on her head and applies pressure until someone told him to stop.  He and
>>> several large men forced a smaller woman to the ground who was holding a
>>> sign.  And he intentionally steps on her head.  And he wants an apology?
>>> That's ridiculous.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thom
>>> http://thomwade.wordpress.com/
>>> http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade
>>> http://www.in-one-ear.com
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