[Magdalen] Right now: Paris.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I apologize for being annoyed that the members of the list were insulted en
masse.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim O., lay off Don. He has enough problems right now, and IMO can be
> excused if his fuse is just a wee bit short and his language is a little
> not to your taste. If you don't like it, don't read it. When did you get so
> sensitive, anyway?
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 3:05 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Don, I wish you could gain some control over your compulsion to use vile
> > and offensive language. Especially when you didn't read (understand) what
> > was written.
> >
> > Do you really want to go that route?
> >
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 6:52 PM, <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Roger, once again you are more generous, more irenic, and more given to
> > > understatement ("Unfortunately this difference of opinion and
> consequent
> > > misunderstanding has not always been expressed in the most charitable
> > > terms")than I have it in me to be.  I hope that you are correct. I
> > confess
> > > that my own wish was, pardon the vulgarity, that both James and Jim
> would
> > > STFU.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > > On 16/11/2015 22:58, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> > > > > Why would you think that I'm appalled by Paris means I think
> everyone
> > > > > else are moral idiots?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Jim
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Molly Wolf
> > > > > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 12:07 PM
> > > > > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Right now: Paris.
> > > > >
> > > > > So your audience -- that is, the Magdalen pub -- contains moral
> > idiots
> > > > > inferior to you?  How flattering.
> > > > >
> > > > > A good homiletic rule is "preach to the people in the pew, not out
> > the
> > > > > back door."
> > > > >
> > > > > Gnarliness does not equal superior wisdom.
> > > >
> > > > I think what we may have here is a misunderstanding that can occur
> in a
> > > > medium such as this.  There has been some interchange between James
> O-C
> > > > and Jim G about how to respond to the events in Paris a few days ago.
> > I
> > > > believe both gentlemen have been deeply shocked by what happened that
> > > > night.  Where they appear to differ is in how general they feel this
> > > > revulsion to be, and what one should assume in that regard.
> > > > Unfortunately this difference of opinion and consequent
> > misunderstanding
> > > > has not always been expressed in the most charitable terms.
> > > >
> > > > On a slightly different tack those events came a little closer to
> home
> > > > today.  I was in a local school where I chair the Governing Body for
> a
> > > > meeting this morning.  While there I heard that a member of staff had
> > > > been in Paris with his family to celebrate his mother's 50th
> birthday.
> > > > While the hotel they were in was not attacked there was an alarm and
> > > > lock-down so they had to stay in their room for several hours.
> > > >
> > > > During this time they heard various bangs which they assumed to be
> > shots
> > > > until eventually the police, bearing machine-guns, entered the room
> > > > where they were.  I am not sure of the family's ethnicity but I
> believe
> > > > the skin hue could be seen as Asian or Middle Eastern.  That was not
> a
> > > > good position for them to have been in on what was meant to be a
> > > > celebratory weekend.;
> > > >
> > > > Roger
> > >
> > >
> >
>