Let me tell you — I don't know. There is an idea that we shouldn't use the information because it will encourage people to commit these crimes. However, I think people will commit these crimes anyway. And can we possibly give the victims' lives and suffering any meaning if we use that information for good? Would…
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I know! But our "fuck you" or "you bitch" is not the same as "bless your heart." "Bless your heart" sounds nice — really and truly sounds that way and someone from the North will think it is meant that way. When my friend gave me a beautiful present this weekend and I said, "Oh, no you didn't! Fuck you, you bitch!"…
Did you ever see When Harry Met Sally? There is a couple in one of the vignettes that is talking about how they lived as neighbors for years but never met and finally met in an elevator. A lot of people might think they were being rude to each other — they are interrupting, talking over one another — the filmmaker…
It's funny. You are right — it is what you grew up with. Your "rude" is our "dishonest." I guess it's not dishonest to you because you know how to read between the lines, but, well — I just thought of something. There are SO many different cultures in NYC, so many different languages, so many different cultural…
In NYC, "G-d bless you" means someone sneezed. "You're a fucking idiot" means "You're a fucking idiot." "I hope you burn in hell" means "I hope you burn in hell." I love NYC. I have never heard anyone say, "Oh, you poor, naive thing." Everything is so clear here in the beautiful, blunt, Big Apple!
I was visiting a friend in the South recently and bought her kid a pair of shoes. The kid went on and on about how great the shoes were — this kid had never had such expensive shoes before and they felt so good, etc. My friend told me and I said, "Listen. I am from NYC. If you don't want me to buy your kid any…
Ugh, I hate the South. Give me the sweet, sweet North, where we WILL say, "Fuck you." We know exactly where we stand and everything is so much more comfortable.
What? A black Republican? My massive crush on LL isn't going anywhere, but WHAT? Can you cite that, please. I'll be over in the corner, with my collection of old Tiger Beat pictures of LL, crying.
I won't flame you. I actually know Brad Paisley and he's more than just a decent guy. He is one of the nicest people ever — a great friend, a great neighbor, a great co-worker — you can't do better than Brad Paisley. I don't know how I would feel about this song if I had not known him, but since I do, well, I am…
Look who is getting MORE attention! Maxine! Just the way she likes it — and needs it. You feel pretty neglected by life for some reason, don' t you? Well, you are pretty nasty. People don't like that. Okay — and that's it — the last attention I will pay you, Maxine.
Well, to be fair, you probably work amongst adults and mature people. Trust me — if you worked in a high school the way I do, you'd hear it all the time. I remember once I heard a young man yelling to his friend, " Hey, my N——-!
I said, "Young man! Language!" He stopped, looked at me, and called his friend again,…
Get over yourself. It was NEVER about me. It was a question about a Crazy Aunt — but now it's all about you — just the way you like it. If anyone is making this about me, it's you — except you're doing it in such a way that you look like some kind of conquering hero, so that makes it all about you and how great you…
What a lovely response, allie.katt! Thank you!
Oh! Listen...I hope this doesn't offend you, but you might be able to offer me some advice here. I have a BIG MOUTH. I often offend people I don't mean to. I met someone recently — a nice person — who is going to be a member of my family. I like her very much and want to be her friend. However, she is a bit to…
Interesting. On one level, that is a conversation about black comedians and who made what joke. HOWEVER, the girl herself noticed the same thing the comedian did — there were no black people at her ice skating rink. BTW, do you know what comedian made the joke? I don't. The girl is crying because she is being…
Strange. First you say something that makes it sound as if you believe that veiled women are totally free when it comes to deciding whether or not to wear the veil. You wrote, "They are as free to decide as we are." And then you do a complete 180! You replied to my comment with, "You are not that free to decide…
The article was, but SeaAnemone replied to WifeofBath's comment, which addressed veiled women. In fact, WifeofBath wrote, "It's...disingenuous to suggest that veiled women are universally free to decide."
Can you define the term "White Women's Tears" for me, please? Thanks. Oh, btw, I wasn't even really aware of who this woman was BEFORE all this. I remember hearing something about a cook with diabetes...but that was it. I wondered if this wasn't some planned publicity stunt made in order to make even more people…
Huh? How is, say, a woman in a Taliban-controlled section of Afghanistan as free to decide whether or not to wear a burqa as I am in NYC?
Yep — as I said — everybody's different and they are also behave differently depending on who they are with, where they are emotionally with this disease.