[TheForge] OT rant

[Justin Fellenz]

Amen.

There are plenty of places to discuss politics and religion. They're
part of life so they come up here but as Chris pointed out long ago in
this thread, this list as the town square of this little community of
ours probably serves us all better if it doesn't get cluttered by
things only barely related to hot metal. We all believe in freedom
here, I'm sure. But freedom unalloyed by the considerations of the
community is destructive of that community (you're always free not to
do the little things your spouse asks of you--but you do them because
if you didn't sooner or later s/he'd be gone). Chris referred to my
acquiescence to his request as "gracious." Grace is just the
willingness to make an uncoerced choice not to exercise one's freedom
sometimes in the interest of continued relationships. And in the
current climate of garrisoned positions based on sound-bite premises,
policial/religious debate, as you point out, barely rises to the level
of "discussion." The quality of exchange about metal here is *so* much
better.

I did like the mental picture of the 6-foot-tall heavily bearded and
beer-bellied drag queen in pink and black camo, dangly pearl earrings,
and a minnie pearl hat with a picture of che gueverra in the band,
standing over an anvil hammer in hand. The voice has to be Julia
Child's. So much for the fruits of political discussion.

JRF

JRF

 
--- xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:

> And your comment was not lost on me, irrespective of my birth date, 
> but 
> I WAS trying to lose the whole thread topic.  EVERY side demonizes
> the 
> other, cause shades of gray can't be sold in thirty second spots and 
> they sure as hell won't fit on a yard sign.    And even if you had
> the 
> time and space it would confuse the majority of the voting populace
> that 
> have been educated with True/False and multiple choice tests and
> loathe 
> essay questions.     As far as this group goes it is a pretty mixed
> bag, 
> with liberals, conservatives, democrats, republicans and yes even
> gays 
> regularily posting.  We even have some that appear to be liberal 
> republicans after reading their posts for several years, but since
> since 
> both major political parties have studiously avoided any
> blacksmithing 
> related stances ( largely due to the fractious and opinionated nature
> of 
> the group I expect) it doesn't leave us with much to discuss.   
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> Jerry Smith wrote:
> 
> > Kim,
> >         This was said:
> >
> > "I for one didn't understand why he preffered being called a pink 
> > cammo fag, but then again"
> >
> > The last time I checked Cammo was not normally pink. now if we
> talking 
> > about a "commie pinko fag", then I would support the liberals
> rights 
> > to be what they want to be.
> >
> >         If they were wearing black, they would need to accent with 
> > pearls, as with the movie Good Morning Vietnam.
> >
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > At 10:24 AM 12/12/2004, you wrote:
> >
> >> I think that my comment was lost on those who are not in my
> cohort, 
> >> those who were not old enough to remember the height of the cold
> war. 
> >> Back when men were men and name calling was more visceral(DAMN 
> >> political correctness). Jerry,why are you dissing the low
> countries? 
> >> Although I think the Belgian color scheme is more of a mauve or
> taupe.
> >>
> >> Kim George
> >>
> >>       "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?" Taz
> >
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