The Rest of the Arab World
Julie Stauffer
I have been out of town for the holidays and am currently wading through
many, many digests so I know this is coming late, but I am so sick of
reading about this that I am going to respond :)
Let me preface by saying that I come from a racially and culturally mixed
family so I tend to be fairly sensitive racially motivated stuff. However,
I have little experience with Middle Eastern cultures and may be missing
some big picture. If so, could someone fill me in please.
In the sentence preceding the now infamous "rest of the Arab world"
statement, Sandra eluded to people attempting to peacemake between herself
and Lynda, kind of like countries often do in the Middle East and some
people in that area tend to like to sabotage those attempts. That is where
I got the tie in there. Perhaps if I somehow knew that Lynda was of Middle
Eastern descent (Is she?), I might have read that different.
Julie
many, many digests so I know this is coming late, but I am so sick of
reading about this that I am going to respond :)
Let me preface by saying that I come from a racially and culturally mixed
family so I tend to be fairly sensitive racially motivated stuff. However,
I have little experience with Middle Eastern cultures and may be missing
some big picture. If so, could someone fill me in please.
In the sentence preceding the now infamous "rest of the Arab world"
statement, Sandra eluded to people attempting to peacemake between herself
and Lynda, kind of like countries often do in the Middle East and some
people in that area tend to like to sabotage those attempts. That is where
I got the tie in there. Perhaps if I somehow knew that Lynda was of Middle
Eastern descent (Is she?), I might have read that different.
Julie
Kolleen
>In the sentence preceding the now infamous "rest of the Arab world"Too bad this list got split. I had some questions about the comment.
>statement, Sandra eluded to people attempting to peacemake between herself
>and Lynda, kind of like countries often do in the Middle East and some
>people in that area tend to like to sabotage those attempts. That is where
>I got the tie in there. Perhaps if I somehow knew that Lynda was of Middle
>Eastern descent (Is she?), I might have read that different.
Since the person who said it is no longer here, it would be disrespectful
to discuss.
Kolleen
away and no internet for the next few days...
Bridget E Coffman
I guess it depends on what aspect you want to discuss. I am still
fascinated by it on a purely linguistic basis.
Bridget
On Mon, 26 Nov 01 11:49:52 -0500 Kolleen <Kolleen@...> writes:
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it
goes on.
- Robert Frost
fascinated by it on a purely linguistic basis.
Bridget
On Mon, 26 Nov 01 11:49:52 -0500 Kolleen <Kolleen@...> writes:
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Too bad this list got split. I had some questions about the comment.
>
> Since the person who said it is no longer here, it would be
> disrespectful to discuss.
>
>
> Kolleen
> away and no internet for the next few days...
>
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it
goes on.
- Robert Frost
Kolleen
I did not write this, but was attributed to it in Cindy's post:
writing a post at the time that the author, quite emotionally, left the
list. Hence the unavailabilty for an explanation.
kolleen
>> >In the sentence preceding the now infamous "rest of the Arab world"The comment was still being discussed when I came on last week. I was
>> >statement, Sandra eluded to people attempting to peacemake between herself
>> >and Lynda, kind of like countries often do in the Middle East and some
>> >people in that area tend to like to sabotage those attempts. That is where
>> >I got the tie in there. Perhaps if I somehow knew that Lynda was of Middle
>> >Eastern descent (Is she?), I might have read that different.
>>
>>Kolleen wrote:
>> Too bad this list got split. I had some questions about the comment.
>>
>Cindy wrote:
>Since the comment was made in mid September, people did have a lot of
>time to discuss it or not.
writing a post at the time that the author, quite emotionally, left the
list. Hence the unavailabilty for an explanation.
kolleen
Lynda
Let's stick to the facts. I posted it again (#27847, 11/17) and it was not
about bullying the resident bully. Then it appeared again when freeform
jumped (#27939, 11/18) in with some inaccurate "cruddy" information. It
wasn't until 11/21 (#29233) that Tery said anything.
If you actually went to the archieves you would know that there were an
additional 13 posts between 11/21 and 11/27.
You incorrected >snipped< a post and by editing it the way you did, you have
created a whole new meaning. The poster is correct, you are wrong. Why are
you jumping on her anyway? She most respectfully said she didn't think it
was correct to discuss something when one of the parties wasn't here which
could be construed as a defense of that person you are jumping in to defend?
Your gripe is with me, so why not stick to carping at the person you are
peeved at!
BTW, opinions are like certain parts of the anatomy, everyone has one. And
no matter how many times it is repeated, won't change it from an opinion to
a fact.
Lynda
about bullying the resident bully. Then it appeared again when freeform
jumped (#27939, 11/18) in with some inaccurate "cruddy" information. It
wasn't until 11/21 (#29233) that Tery said anything.
If you actually went to the archieves you would know that there were an
additional 13 posts between 11/21 and 11/27.
You incorrected >snipped< a post and by editing it the way you did, you have
created a whole new meaning. The poster is correct, you are wrong. Why are
you jumping on her anyway? She most respectfully said she didn't think it
was correct to discuss something when one of the parties wasn't here which
could be construed as a defense of that person you are jumping in to defend?
Your gripe is with me, so why not stick to carping at the person you are
peeved at!
BTW, opinions are like certain parts of the anatomy, everyone has one. And
no matter how many times it is repeated, won't change it from an opinion to
a fact.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy <crma@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] The Rest of the Arab World
>
>
> Kolleen wrote:
> >
> > The comment was still being discussed when I came on last week. I was
> > writing a post at the time that the author, quite emotionally, left the
> > list. Hence the unavailabilty for an explanation.
> >
>
> It was not still being discussed when you came on last week. Someone who
> doesn't post much brought it up just before she left - which was just
> before you arrived.
>
> No one said much about it in Sept. When Teri left last week, she brought
> it up. No one said anything about it all of Oct. or the first part of
> Nov. I had to search the archives to find the original message.
>
> IMO it was just another bullying of Sandra moment.
>
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Tia Leschke
>I also wonder what it was about Sandra's leaving message that made you
> >
>
>It was not still being discussed when you came on last week. Someone who
>doesn't post much brought it up just before she left - which was just
>before you arrived.
>
>No one said much about it in Sept. When Teri left last week, she brought
>it up. No one said anything about it all of Oct. or the first part of
>Nov. I had to search the archives to find the original message.
think it was emotional.
Tia
Tia Leschke leschke@...
On Vancouver Island
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It is the answers which separate us, the questions which unite us. - Janice
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Kolleen
>I also wonder what it was about Sandra's leaving message that made youThe emotions come in when it was a resonse to (and I paraphrase) 'who is
>think it was emotional.
>Tia
going to be the adult here [snip]' I forgot who posted it and find it
unnecessary to take the time to look it up.
I'd post more but the kid is finally away from his TV stint and I need to
capture this time for him.
kolleen