Merc - Wtf?

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Ibby

Does Ibby maybe have the slightest idea what she's talking about, having taken at least five college-level classes on various aspects of oppression/human rights

I took 6 years of French. Then I went to Montreal and found out it was worthless!

If I am afraid, it is because

… I took classes that told me I should be, and taught me to recite it like poetry.

People with actual fear don't talk like that.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I took 6 years of French. Then I went to Montreal and found out it was worthless!

So! You went to the real Canada and not the bullshit Canada! Good for you!

(yeah, the french they speak there is waaaaaay different. My mom spoke it for years with her sibs)

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by orthodoc

No, Ibby, it's all about PEOPLE. You're the classic 'I love mankind, it's people I can't stand' Bolshevist. You relish your delicious vicarious victimization, when you've never experienced anything more painful than waiting for the seniors you sent out into the snow to buy you booze to return so you can double-check the receipts to make sure they didn't rip you off. Goddamned seniors need to be sent the way of Boxer once they outlive their usefulness in providing for your addictions, right?

Before you say one more thing, before you demand that one more human being on this planet do as you say, you need to be parachuted into some remote place where mommy and daddy don't pay for your booze and drugs and cheese, where you need to work your ass off to hopefully scrape a meagre meal at the end of the day, and then do it again for years ... where you will suffer serious physical harm for calling everyone who disagrees with you a CUNT ... where you need to shut your mouth and do more thinking, indulge in far less verbal diarrhea in the presence of people who have actually lived and suffered and grieved and persevered in the face of tons of 'unfairness'. Because life is unfair. Once you venture out from between your parents' legs you'll find that that's the case. And the best way of learning something about the world is to STFU and observe, and stop bleating your hubris into the darkness long enough to actually listen.

You need only look in the mirror to see a huge racist, sexist, heterophobic scumbag bigot. You've been well indoctrinated. You don't have a single original thought; everything you spew is worked-over rants from bigger minds and bigger souls than yours.

Let go of the parental lifeline and go live your life for ten years; then continue shutting up for ten more years; then maybe, maybe, think about saying something. Chances are it'll be something much more tempered, much more compassionate, than anything that has occurred to your fevered, drugged up little brain thus far.

I wouldn't have said any of this if I thought you were worthless. God help me, since I posted that no one is worthless you have challenged my statement every single day. Prove me wrong.

Have I told you lately how much I love you?

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Ibby, that last post just lost you my respect. Childish, racist, and the message is self-centred and false.

For a smart guy you sometimes cotton-on to things slowly.

Originally Posted by sexobon

Admit nothing. Deny, deny, deny and counter accuse. You've got a lot to learn you dumb cuntless.

The more you post Sexobon, the more your subtle humor reveals itself.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I took 6 years of French. Then I went to Montreal and found out it was worthless!

Yes, "je me souviens" actually means "I buy souvenirs"

[ZenGum]

Pico, nice and that, but ... "she".

[Pico and ME]

Yup, she.

[Undertoad]

Yes, "je me souviens" actually means "I buy souvenirs"

I was told it means "I don't tip".

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I was told it means "I don't tip".

True

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I was told it means "I don't tip".

Another micro aggression by the man, shame be upon you!

[Aliantha]

Tril, I just formed a friendship with Merc for god knows what reason. It's always hard to pinpoint when a friendship begins or why. I do know that I had huge problems with him when he first came here and in particular, when he had his first real go at Ibram (he who was) all the way back years ago. I think it was in the relationships thread or something and there was something to do with BigV and Classic and their mutual relationship issues and there was a lot of shit slinging going on. Just saying this in case you want to go have a look at some of the horrible things that have been said between Merc and I in the past. I suspect you're probably not really that interested, but it's all there somewhere.

Like Bruce, I have friends on both sides of the political fence. I don't judge them for their beliefs and I often cringe when they say things I totally disagree with. Sometimes I respond, but more often than not I keep my thoughts to myself these days IRL, just as I do here as far as politics goes.

As far as not liking some of the things Merc has said, there have been quite a few times when I've said something to him privately about my views on his responses and how I think he's being cruel or harsh, but it's really not up to me or anyone else to tell any of my friends how they should behave. People travel their own path, and they'll usually do exactly as they please regardless of what others say.

I think what people like me have tried to say is that they see more than one side to Merc, and he's proven himself to have a very generous, kind and thoughtful side that he keeps hidden a lot under a pretty rough veneer. I've often wondered why he does that, but again, I guess he has his reasons and maybe I'll never know what they are, but I'm grateful for the care and concern he's shown me over the years and I wouldn't turn away from him just because he happens to be a dickhead from time to time. If I did that, I'd have no friends anywhere, and I like having friends, so I'll take the good with the bad. I know my friends aren't perfect, but they're trying and that means more to me than almost anything.

I hope this is in some way understandable. It seems a bit garbled to me, but I hope it makes sense somehow. lol

[sexobon]

Are you kinda, sorta, maybe trying to tell us that your newborn could be Merc's?

[Aliantha]

haha...nope. His dick is not quite that long.

[sexobon]

XoB should ask for DNA testing to make sure that you're only cheating with him and not cheating on him.

[Aliantha]

lol i think he knows who the father is.

[Aliantha]

Here's something I just thought of re: Merc and why I think he's a good person.

We've all used the phrase, actions speak louder than words; this is particularly illuminating with regard to my feelings about Merc. He says some really dumb stuff at times, and it honestly makes me upset, but his actions in many other areas far outweigh the petty crap he can sometimes say on this board. So, rather than using the above mentioned phrase to denigrate someone's attempt to fix things with words, I use it to applaud someone for demonstrating through their actions what the real person is all about.

Any light bulbs finally turning on yet?

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

...He says some really dumb stuff at times, and it honestly makes me upset, but his actions in many other areas far outweigh the petty crap he can sometimes say on this board.

I didn't think his suggesting I kill myself was petty.

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Any light bulbs finally turning on yet?

At the risk of making you angry ---- NO.

What sort of actions are we talking about here?

Giving preferred customers perks and goodies and money and gifts? Those kinds of actions? Or did Merc work for Doctors Without Borders or the Red Cross and was too shy to tell us all about it?