[LMB] Habits

[onyxhawke at onyxhawke.com]

As a firmly rooted non-thiest; Amen!

Elvi;
To me, the suggestion to change your sig sounds a lot like "gee, maybe 
you should shave off that beard, because you know after 9/11 people with 
beards and mustaches look suspicious to a lot of people." Not sure if 
that's a clear analogy, but all I'm trying to say is that there's a line 
between trying to live comfortably in society without upsetting people, 
and self-censoring yourself to avoid ruffling anybody's feathers. And I 
think there are times when you just have to ruffle those feathers.


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"It doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time, I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don't call it violence when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence." - Malcolm X  

-----Original Message-----
From: Elvi Dalgaard <elvi at vl.videotron.ca>
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:12:26 
To:"Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." <lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LMB] Habits

William A Wenrich wrote:
> I may change my sig, I my not (I did add a separator since outlook doesn't).
> I get whims, but I also get stubborn. I am sorry if anyone is distressed for
> I am not trying to hurt. That's just me.
>   
To me, the suggestion to change your sig sounds a lot like "gee, maybe 
you should shave off that beard, because you know after 9/11 people with 
beards and mustaches look suspicious to a lot of people." Not sure if 
that's a clear analogy, but all I'm trying to say is that there's a line 
between trying to live comfortably in society without upsetting people, 
and self-censoring yourself to avoid ruffling anybody's feathers. And I 
think there are times when you just have to ruffle those feathers.

Elvi

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