From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Mar 2010 18:00 Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > > JR used the F word in his reply, you quoted it, and John responded to > > YOU as if you were the one who used it. > > Thank you. I wasn't even thinking in terms of the the F word. John's > response was as if I had blasphemed, not merely used run of the mill > profanity. > > At least I've shown since then that I take my blasphemy seriously when I > want to. Hell, simply having a name like Goldberg or Rosenberg may constitute blasphemy for some people. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Nick Naym on 22 Mar 2010 18:28 In article 1jfronx.1s9ktjvsjsts6N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 3/22/10 6:00 PM: > Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > >>> JR used the F word in his reply, you quoted it, and John responded to >>> YOU as if you were the one who used it. >> >> Thank you. I wasn't even thinking in terms of the the F word. John's >> response was as if I had blasphemed, not merely used run of the mill >> profanity. >> >> At least I've shown since then that I take my blasphemy seriously when I >> want to. > > Hell, simply having a name like Goldberg or Rosenberg may constitute > blasphemy for some people. Hmmm... What may be more blasphemous is giving Jesus, a Jewish boy, a Puerto Rican name. :0 -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.2)
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Mar 2010 19:05 Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > > Hell, simply having a name like Goldberg or Rosenberg may constitute > > blasphemy for some people. > > Wasn't Jesus's last name Goldberg or Rubenstein or something? Maybe Ben Adonai? -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Nick Naym on 22 Mar 2010 20:27 In article 1jfrrnt.1izuv1n9jsou8N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 3/22/10 7:05 PM: > Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > >>> Hell, simply having a name like Goldberg or Rosenberg may constitute >>> blasphemy for some people. >> >> Wasn't Jesus's last name Goldberg or Rubenstein or something? > > Maybe Ben Adonai? ....or Ali Haynew? -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.2)
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 22 Mar 2010 20:43
On 2010-03-22 6:05 PM, Mike Rosenberg wrote: > Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: >> Wasn't Jesus's last name Goldberg or Rubenstein or something? > Maybe Ben Adonai? Or should that be Ben Adam. I always get these two confused. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid |