Avgas in France has reached $7.50/gal !

Gary Drescher wrote:
"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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So, no, I'm not going to remain silent when some ignorant (and proud
of it) mid-west yahoo vomits on this newsgroup.


Although stereotyping mid-westerners is also undesirable.

That's not a stereotype. That's *one* very specific example.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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"Gary Drescher" writes:

Why don't you just filter him out, if his ignorance bothers you so?

For the same reason that, if you're sitting at a dinner table and
someone
starts gratuitiously disparaging the people next to you, you would
probably
want to speak in their defense, rather than just acquiescing in silence.

Thank you.

In his attitude towards other groups, Jay is not far from the bigots
who disparage ethnic groups (blacks, hispanics, etc.) As a society we
have generally learned over the years that stereotyping and
name-calling are a Bad Thing, first for the individuals in the groups,
and then for all the rest of us. It drags all of us down. It's not
what the American experiment was and is about.

On a personal level, the best vacation I ever had was my trip to
Europe, where my wife and I visited only France. Our nephew married a
French girl and we went to their wedding. We had a fantastic time,
including a trip to a local aéroport where I logged a half hour in an
airplane. The instructor refused to accept any payment for his time
and the club members were gracious and friendly. Virtually everybody
we me in our 20 days there was helpful. France is a beautiful
country, its engineers some of the best in the world, the French
people are not fat, boastful slobs.

That's not the France I spent time in.

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Newps" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:

You and Gary deserve each other. Pot - Kettle - Black.

You seem to be quite good at slmming goups of people too, such as
midwesterners.

See ya. Not.

Plonk

Hey, plonk me too. I also think the French are morons.


Second that!


Been there, saw them in action, they are a disgusting lot, make me number
three.

"Dave Stadt" writes:

Been there, saw them in action, they are a disgusting lot, make me number
three.

Well, most people respond in kind to how they're treated. No doubt
they found you disgusting first.

Actually, In Iowa here, it says right on the pump what the individual
taxes per gallon are



Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Gas prices, on the other hand, are plain as day transparent, and people
are already ****ed as hell.


No actually there not plain as day. When I pull up to the pump see that gas
is $2.479/gal I have no idea what part of that is tax.

In Arkansas the same goes for liquor tax. It is built into the advertised
price but not by law only by tradition. I owned a liquor store for a few
years and considered advertising the retail price and then adding the state
liquor and state, county and local sales taxes at the register.

My employees freaked out at the idea. They felt the customers would get
****ed and they were right.

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 03:18:09 GMT, George Patterson wrote:

mabe they fought against the system back then and you don't know about
having little heroes in your family.

Naw -- they were all over here by then. Changed the name to "Blackwelder", though.

so they fled. what makes you not speaking about them? what have they done?

George Patterson

#m
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On a personal level, the best vacation I ever had was my trip to
Europe, where my wife and I visited only France.

You speak with the wisdom of a cosmopolitan traveler.

Wow! What was that trip, a week, two weeks? Time enough, evidently, to
get to the essence of a country.

I

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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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"Dave Stadt" writes:

Been there, saw them in action, they are a disgusting lot, make me
number
three.

Well, most people respond in kind to how they're treated. No doubt
they found you disgusting first.

I don't remember you being there. No doubt they were being French.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:
"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...

So, no, I'm not going to remain silent when some ignorant (and proud
of it) mid-west yahoo vomits on this newsgroup.


Although stereotyping Midwesterners is also undesirable.

That's not a stereotype. That's *one* very specific example.

Imagine that the above quote had gratuitously invoked the ethic or religious
identity of the person in question ("ignorant xxxxx yahoo"), instead of
saying 'mid-west'. The implied stereotype would be obvious, even though just
one person is (nominally) addressed. Same for 'mid-west', I'm afraid.

--Gary

"Dave Stadt" writes:

"Dave Stadt" writes:

make me number three.

Well, most people respond in kind to how they're treated. No doubt
they found you disgusting first.

I don't remember you being there. No doubt they were being French.

Awww, Dave, I knew you couldn't stay away. A fake plonk after all, eh?
;-)=