From: matthew@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Matthew N. Sharp)
Newsgroups: rec.music.industrial
Subject: Re: RE Re: excrepts from New Releases
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:53:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.BvEpxp.Dvr
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Sep29.173115.37353@dante.uucp> mason@dante.uucp (Mason Jones) writes:
>noah@Cadence.COM (Noah Ruiz) writes some incomprehensible gibberish
>which is hereby correct below so Matthew can figure out what he's
>really trying to say:
>[incredibly moronic tripe deleted, along with sensible translation]
>
>Dear Noah:
>     I'm afraid I have no choice but to hold you back a grade.
>Normally 5th graders have conquered the frontiers of punctuation,
>and your grammar hasn't shown any improvement.  Please use this
>coming weekend to study the use of possessives -- look up the use of
>apostrophes.
>     I also must point out the lack of coherent thought shown in
>the above paragraph.  What is the point of claiming that he acts
>as stupid as a guy called Matthew?  Particularly after chiding him
>for "tackling someone's name."  Surely you can do better than that.
>     There's just a shade of a possibility that you should stop trying
>to learn how to write by reading the lyrics in Skinny Puppy CD booklets.
>I sincerely wish you the best of luck next year; I hope that you are
>successful in your bid to reach 6th grade.


Normally, I would make fun of Noah for the same reasons Mason
pointed out above --- but not this time.

You see, I am afraid that Noah has reached his potential.  I honestly
do not feel that Noah is capable of improving.  It is a sad and
pitiful day in his life, and I feel sorry for him , like I feel
sorry for the janitor where I work, who is severely retarded, and
only recently began responding to my daily "Hello."  

Proof:
>act as stupid as a guy called Matthew

This is not a mistake.  There is no meaning buried in grammatical
error and poor verbal aesthetic choice here.  This is _pure_,
_unadulterated_ nonsense, and not nonsense of the intentional
variety.  This is nonsense of the senseless-origin variety.
Noah is UNABLE to think.  It is difficult to understand the
very prospect of being UNABLE TO THINK for those of us who
are able.  "Surely, he must be able to think a _little_..." we
may say.  The answer is a resounding "no."

Furthermore, I believe I know _why_ Noah is the way he is.
Two words:

	EMOTIONAL DISPLACEMENT



Proof:
=====
An unprovoked, unsubstantiated accusation of CHILD ABUSE made on
the behalf of Noah@cadence.com leads one to believe that CHILD ABUSE
is on Mr. Ruiz's "mind" for some reason or another.


Hypothesis:
==========
Backyard.  Swingset.  Little Noah, battered and bruised, swings
happily (or semi-happily) on the cheap second-hand swingset, escaping
from his world of horrors.  "Daddy's home!" comes his sister's shout,
and Noah's happiness collapses.  He knows what it means.  
Another night, another beating.  This time, to the head.



I think this explains a great deal.  Admittedly, I could be wrong,
but I feel that Noah doesn't need out corrections; he needs
our pity and prayers.




So pray with me, good readers, pray.
Pray that Noah doesn't remember his childhood---
Pray that if he does, he can live with it---
But most of all, PRAY THAT TONIGHT HE STAYS ALIVE...
That tomorrow, we will again have Noah to kick around,
because just like you and Me, Noah is, first and foremost,
a human being, worthy of love and dignity and respect.



Expert in deconstructive psychology,
Fr. Matthew Neill Sharp, Jesuit by self-proclamation
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