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Conference back40::soapbox

Title:Soapbox. Just Soapbox.
Notice:No more new notes
Moderator:WAHOO::LEVESQUEONS
Created:Thu Nov 17 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:862
Total number of notes:339684

423.0. "Soapbox Profiles: The Angry Boxer" by CALLME::MR_TOPAZ () Tue May 16 1995 14:03

                 Age:   Anywhere between 19 and 62

                Race:   White

              Gender:   Male

             Beliefs:   Thank God for America.  Thank God for our
                        Right to Bear Arms.  The lib'rals have done
                        their best to ruin the country.

          Complaints:   Government giveaways (to foreign countries,
                        minorities, etc.). 

             Mantras:   I don't have any prejudices

     Favorite people:   Rush, Newt, Pat B.

 Favorite people who    
aren't male or white:   None

          Job traits:   Works at a drone job.  Conviced that career
                        growth has been stunted by exogenous forces
                        (affirmative action, etc).  Spends 2-4
                        hours/day or more in notes conferences, but
                        only while programs are compiling.

Insights on African-    The black guy who works in the order
   American Culture     department is a good guy, but the one who's a
        and Society:    product manager owes his job to being black. 
                        The family who lives down the street keep to
                        themselves, but they seem nice.

  Solutions to race     Black people ought to commit fewer crimes,
problems in America:    black girls shouldn't have babies in their
                        teen years, black men ought to be better
                        fathers.

          Intellect:    Dull-normal.  Verbal skills marked by limited
                        vocabulary, inability to focus on a topic or
                        express a thought, inability to compose a
                        coherent paragraph.  Math skills limited by
                        failure to grasp principles of logic.

   Foreign language 
          abilities:    None

 Have extraordinary      
         difficulty     A viewpoint that isn't their own.  The nature
      understanding:    of a problem that has a complex solution.
       
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423.1NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Tue May 16 1995 14:061
Do they drink Dewar's?
423.2MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 14:218
    Wew.....thank goodness it isn't me.   I speak Spanish, I don't compile
    programs, I don't particularly care for Rush one way or the other, I've
    worked for women ever since I started at DEC and valued almost every
    one of them.  
    
    Nice try....AAAAAAAhaaaaaaa
    
    -Jack
423.3NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Tue May 16 1995 14:231
Jack, are you admitting you're dull-normal?
423.4MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 14:243
    Well, the MSO babes don't think so!!!!
    
    
423.5but maybe your bairns :-)POWDML::CKELLYCute Li'l RascalTue May 16 1995 14:262
    uh, jack, it ain't yer brains i'm after :-)
    
423.6MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 14:271
    I know, I still haven't forgotten...the infamous dull spoon!!!!!
423.7NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Tue May 16 1995 14:323
>                         -< but maybe your bairns :-) >-

You want to have Jack's baby?
423.8POLAR::RICHARDSONIndeedy Do Da DayTue May 16 1995 14:3621
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423.9POBOX::BATTISLand shark,pool sharkTue May 16 1995 14:372
    
    you forgot about the truck driving and hard drinking part.
423.10BIGQ::SILVADiabloTue May 16 1995 14:414

	Jack, bring your friend Jonny Walker and you'll have many Babe
friends!!!
423.11POWDML::CKELLYCute Li'l RascalTue May 16 1995 14:431
    Gerald, not really, i was just being clever!  Or so I thought!
423.12excellent!DECALP::GUTZWILLERhappiness- U want what U haveTue May 16 1995 14:5110
re .0

good work! 

or did U copy this out of "der spiegel" or "le monde diplomatique",
both of which recently profiled the american 'angry white male'? ;-)



andreas.
423.13Curmudgeon to the max...GAAS::BRAUCHERTue May 16 1995 14:547
    
    Yes, I liked this particularly obnoxious note as well.
    
    Anybody with such poorly disguised contempt for his cohorts is on
    the right track.
    
      bb
423.14MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 14:565
    The only possible reason I as a white male would be angry is when I see
    certain segments of society made fools of.  This is why I have some
    contempt for the non conservative establishment.
    
    -Jack
423.15WAHOO::LEVESQUEluxure et suppliceTue May 16 1995 15:034
    >This is why I have some contempt for the non conservative establishment.
    
     Sure. But make no mistake about it, there's plenty of room for
    contempt for the conservative establishment as well...
423.16POWDML::LAUERLittle Chamber of Creamy PresentsTue May 16 1995 15:032
    
    Christine and Jack Martin, who would have thought it?!
423.18WAHOO::LEVESQUEluxure et suppliceTue May 16 1995 15:134
    >It would be interesting if someone had broad brushed some minorty group
    >like Mr. Topaz has
    
     Don took the safe way out.
423.19POLAR::RICHARDSONIndeedy Do Da DayTue May 16 1995 15:131
    Jack Martin, you're a very very lucky man.
423.20MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 15:181
    Ya think so???   REALLY!!!!!!!!!??
423.21POLAR::RICHARDSONIndeedy Do Da DayTue May 16 1995 15:203
    Now I know why Jack Delbalso'sucky streak has ended.
    
    Wow are you ever lucky.
423.22SUBPAC::SADINOne if by LAN, two if by CTue May 16 1995 15:288
    
    
    	I always suspected Mr. Topaz has some serious blinders on.....now
    my suspicions have been confirmed. Must be nice to live in a world full
    of bits. Everythings either on or off, yes or no, black or white...
    
    
    jim
423.23PENUTS::DDESMAISONSperson BTue May 16 1995 15:358
>>        <<< Note 423.22 by SUBPAC::SADIN "One if by LAN, two if by C" >>>

>>Everythings either on or off, yes or no, black or white...

	irrespective of my opinion of .0, it is clear to me
	that the man's mind doesn't work in the way described above.


423.24MPGS::MARKEYThe bottom end of Liquid SanctuaryTue May 16 1995 15:386
    RE: .23
    
    M'thinks, Lady Di, that you would have been most accurate had
    you terminated the sentence after the words "doesn't work".
    
    -b
423.25PENUTS::DDESMAISONSperson BTue May 16 1995 15:436
    
>>    M'thinks, Lady Di, that you would have been most accurate had
>>    you terminated the sentence after the words "doesn't work".

	imo, you're a fool if you really think that.

423.26MPGS::MARKEYThe bottom end of Liquid SanctuaryTue May 16 1995 15:556
    
    Fool. Perhaps I am. But your pardon please if .0 does little
    to change my perception of the ever-widening gap between Mr.
    Topaz's opinion of himself and reality.
    
    -b
423.27MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 16:199
    Leave Topes alone!  He's my friend.
    
    By the way, somebody came by my office today and said you were one of
    the most outstanding base players he has ever seen!  He said you put on
    a real show on the stage and for a base player, you move around quite a
    bit!  He said very good things about your abilities!!!  He said most
    everybody else at Jambs are hacks but you are a true musician!!
    
    -Jack
423.28Not base!!BUSY::SLABOUNTYTrouble with a capital 'T'Tue May 16 1995 16:213
    
    	BASS!!  BASS!!
    
423.29MPGS::MARKEYThe bottom end of Liquid SanctuaryTue May 16 1995 16:217
    
    Base? I've never played baseball, I'm blind in one eye and
    end up getting hit in the head too often! :-) :-)
    
    Is a jamb when musicians get together and play Doors music? :-)
    
    -b
423.30MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 16:221
    Uhhhh....Sorry
423.31MPGS::MARKEYThe bottom end of Liquid SanctuaryTue May 16 1995 16:246
    
    By the way... there are many great players in Digital. Many.
    Too many to list. The computer industry is a magnet for
    musicians.
    
    -b
423.32SUBPAC::SADINOne if by LAN, two if by CTue May 16 1995 16:278
    
    	re: Lady Di
    
    	I've found mr. topaz to be nothing more than a hack. simply my
    opinion, nothing more...
    
    
    jim
423.33CSOA1::LEECHTue May 16 1995 16:398
    The basenote is a windup.  Ignore it.  
    
    Were you bored, Mr. Topaz?  This is not up to your usual standard. 
    Normally, you at least have an interesting angle, even if I don't
    always agree with it.
    
    
    -steve
423.34MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 16:457
    What I find interesting is actually a mistake I tend to make often
    regarding the left.  Mr. Topaz envisions all male conservatives as
    having white sheets over their heads while I envision all Clinton bumb
    kissers as wearing Ty Dye, smoking a joint, and clinging to the sexual
    revolution.
    
    -Jack
423.35BUSY::SLABOUNTYTrouble with a capital 'T'Tue May 16 1995 16:468
    
    >Is a jamb when musicians get together and play Doors music? :-)
    >
    >-b
    
    
    	2 points for Brian!!  This was good!!
    
423.36NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Tue May 16 1995 16:461
Ty Dye?  Wasn't he a ball player?
423.37MPGS::MARKEYThe bottom end of Liquid SanctuaryTue May 16 1995 16:537
    >                                    while I envision all Clinton bumb
    >kissers as wearing Ty Dye, smoking a joint, and clinging to the sexual
    >revolution.
    
    Er... I don't even like Clinton... :-)
    
    -b
423.38Yep, sign of the timez....GAAS::BRAUCHERTue May 16 1995 17:009
    
      Sarcasm is a backbencher's artform.  Bereft of the votes, you must
     float like butterfly, sting like a bee.  For years, those of us on
     the conservative side could only cast aspersions, and we got very
     good at it.  Now these guys ain't got the votes, and their fancy
     pants welfare state will be rightsized, while they stand around
     impotent.  Expect to be made fun of, by Mr. T and better...
    
      bb
423.39MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 17:034
    Well I must admit that Brian and Gerald have effectively crucified me!!
    :-)
    
    -Jack
423.40POBOX::BATTISLand shark,pool sharkTue May 16 1995 17:112
    
    er Jack, did they use nails??
423.41MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Tue May 16 1995 17:163
    AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    HHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (Screams while arms flailing in the wind!!!)
423.42CBHVAX::CBHLager LoutTue May 16 1995 19:535
Er, what of those who couldn't give a toss about US politics?  I
find it difficult enough to show an interest in the politicians in
this country let alone someone else's...

Chris.
423.43CALLME::MR_TOPAZTue May 16 1995 19:556
       
       > what of those who couldn't give a toss about US politics?  
       
       There's a lovely conference for you at BOLLOX::KNITTING.
       
       --Mr Topaz
423.44CBHVAX::CBHLager LoutTue May 16 1995 20:003
I see.  Knob off then!

Chris.
423.45It's just impossible...GAAS::BRAUCHERTue May 16 1995 20:1510
    
    So what do you expect us to blather about - UK politics ?  Not
    only do we lack the insight (which we so clearly have in abundance
    in native matters), but we lack the lingo, the banter.
    
    What's the going way to cut a red or a tory, for instance ?
    
    Not to mention your royalty, breeding like rabbits...
    
      bb
423.46CBHVAX::CBHLager LoutTue May 16 1995 20:163
Don't ask me, I don't care; they're all crap gits anyway.  :/

Chris.
423.47CSC32::J_OPPELTHe said, 'To blave...'Tue May 16 1995 22:521
    	I wonder what anger prompted the basenote...
423.48BIGQ::SILVADiabloWed May 17 1995 02:255
| <<< Note 423.47 by CSC32::J_OPPELT "He said, 'To blave...'" >>>

| I wonder what anger prompted the basenote...

	What makes you think it was anger???
423.49MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Wed May 17 1995 14:321
    It was prolly his absurd view of me!
423.50LANDO::OLIVER_BWed May 17 1995 15:145
.33

>The basenote is a windup.  Ignore it.

I think some people should lighten up a bit.
423.51QUINCE::SILVAWed May 17 1995 15:378
| <<< Note 423.49 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "You-Had-Forty-Years!!!" >>>

| It was prolly his absurd view of me!




	Oh.... so it WAS anger! :-)
423.52MKOTS3::JMARTINYou-Had-Forty-Years!!!Wed May 17 1995 16:002
    Prolly!  Our marriage hasn't been the same since that nasty altercation
    a few weeks ago!
423.53DASHER::RALSTONAnagram: Lost hat on MarsWed May 17 1995 16:006
    >I think some people should lighten up a bit.
    
    Speaking of this, all the lights above my cubical are out and I'm
    angry!!!!   :)
    
    ...Tom
423.54CSOA1::LEECHWed May 17 1995 17:053
    re: .50
    
    My sentiments, as well.
423.55USAT05::SANDERRFri Dec 01 1995 00:411
    seems the basenote fit Mr T's description pretty well! :-?
423.56KERNEL::PLANTCTo tell you the truth, Not so much!&quot;To tell you the truth, Not sFri Dec 01 1995 09:538
    
    
    I think Mr Topaz liked adding a cutting remark just to read the 
    banter it produced. In this entire string, only 2 comments from him
    including the basenote.
    
    Chris
    :)
423.57CRONIC::BOURGOINEFri Dec 01 1995 11:1411
                     -< Soapbox Profiles: The Angry Boxer >-


>>     Favorite people:   Rush, Newt, Pat B.



	Oh, my, why Thank you!   


				ooooops......never mind      :-)
423.58USAT05::SANDERRMon Dec 04 1995 23:415
    for Dick Binder:
    
    homo unius libri
    
    But only if it's the right one!
423.59SMURF::BINDEREis qui nos doment uescimur.Tue Dec 05 1995 16:073
    .58
    
    I'm fair amazed.  You can actually read a declension chart.