From: michaelc@oz.plymouth.edu (Mike Clark)
Subject: Re: Fuck You All
Reply-To: michaelc@oz.plymouth.edu (Mike Clark)
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 21:39:42 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.060317.13668@math.ucla.edu> rfedkiw@redwood.math.ucla.edu (Ronald Fedkiw) writes:
>In article <BuAowu.A4v@well.sf.ca.us> hugoglez@well.sf.ca.us (Hugo Gonzalez) writes:
>>...
>>I spent 8 years in medical school and am now a practicing physician.
>>...
>
>Well, I don't know if I can buy into any of these radical theories of 
>yours, but you did prove one thing.
>Affirmitive action works great, you can become a doctor even if
>your the stupidest mother fucker on this planet. 
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Hugo is proof of that!
>
>By the way, what insurance company does your malpractice insurance?
>I want to make sure to sell out my stock before they go under.
I was going to avoid this debate, but then I thought, what the hell,
you have an opinion, give it...

So, here goes...Politically correct thinking is bullshit....Let me
give you an example I have used several times...

Joe goes to a party, attending that party is a bunch of people from
the college he works at.  I am there.  I am being my usual self, I
have had 5 glasses of scotch, I am telling jokes by the scores, I am
making people laugh..Having a good time.  Joe did not like the joke
about bar room football.  \

Monday Joe is standing in the faculty lounge and the subject of the
party comes up.  Joe says.."Ya it was fun, but ya know, this Mike
Clark guy is an ass.  I mean, he was drinking scotch like it was soda
pop, eating shrimp like he had not had a meal in a year..He is loud,
he tells the worst jokes, and to top it off he's a slob, I really
don't like him or his vulgarity."

End of story?  No, everyone says "oh ya, ya, that's right, what a dickhead"

Meanwhile, I am in the snackbar having a cup of coffee (that's what
cops do, right?"  and a table full of faculty is nearby and they hear
me say....

"Hey the party was great, but you know, I was kinda pissed, you know
that guy in the (insert favorite academic discipline here) Dept Joe?
Well, he was there with his "friend" John (generic names, not to be
construed as less than manly or masculine)  I really was upset, I
don't like to see men who kiss and hug...I mean, ok, be a fag, but do
it at home where I don't have to see it flaunted in my face..Well, you
know how I feel about homo's, not to mention the fact he's a jew"

WHOA....guess what...Your's truly is in deep shit with the admin
folks, cause ya see...It's ok for Joe to dislike me because I am "me"
but because he belongs to a couple of groups that get the respect and
admiration of the politically correct, I can't dislike him...He finds
drunk and vulgar repulsive..No problem..But if I find his lifestyle
repulsive, I am labeled as homophobic  ( I am also afraid of spiders
and heights!)
The bottom line is, that I don't care what Joe or anyone else do..I
just don't think that it is fair to let one person dislike another for
something that is not in the limelight, while the other person can't
be vocal about his/her feelings...I don't agree with gay bashing, but,
I think we take this stuff too far....

nuff said..

thanks for everyone's time and bandwidth....You are all great people,
I enjoy your posts..except of course for Richard Steven Walz

-- 
Mike Clark    *  Ok, just relax, you may feel a little pinch here....