On May 21, 1:51 am, Robatoy wrote:
Yup.. you missed something. You did before. I'm not evil. I am what you see. Now sit down and pour yourself a single malt, you dick! (That's the affectionate 'dick')

Be fair, now. I did mention the fact that I thought I might have
missed something. Gave ya the benefit of a doubt right off the bat.

What's happening to you guys down there, Robert? I mean, really? Are you trying to tell me that you would take exception to my saying: "Dude!!", "lemme pour a fine scotch down that ugly face of yours!"

Well, down here we have the most hypocritical swamp of **** you can
imagine that passes for freedom of speech. Think Don Imus, that lost
his career. Think the two major market DJs that just got fired for
their prank call to a Chinese restaurant order "slimp flied lice"
while on the air.
Think of the Cinncinatti orchestra firing Wopat and Schneider from
opening the new orchestral season as they have for the last ten
years. Why? Because about 25 years ago they drove a car in a TV show
(the General Lee) that had a Confederate flag on it. The NAACP
advised against it this year as being insensitive.

People of color or the correct sex have carte blanche, and can pretty
much say or do what they want. To paraphrase Carlos Mencia: "Hey,
you white folks think you have freedom of speech? Do you really?
Then try this: got to work and tell my jokes to your coworkers and see
how long you have a job".

Back in the 90s, I was forced to go to sensitivity training seminar.
What did I get from it? Just this: White males are just wrong.

I have attended several business seminars that teach how to manage and
train employees. We spent as much time on learning how not to offend
them as we did anything else. We learned how you inflict pain akin to
a beating by making insensitive remarks. We REALLY learned how
remarks can be taken out of context and used for benefit later.

Something gets lost in this medium.

When I said to a waitress the other day; "You must have some special
harness to keep those boobies in line.".. I got a giggle...not a ****ing lawsuit.

And again, here we have Hooters being sued for allowing "comments" to
be made about the appearance of the waitresses either to them or
within earshot.

I am simply not used to seeing that kind of language in print. And I
might say that if you will take a look at this thread no one from the
US jumped in with you...
we are hammered to pieces down here about making comments about other
nations, their people, their creeds, thier religion, anyone's sexual
preferences, etc. You get the idea.

Having been to court more than a couple of times, I would be afraid
that anything I ever wrote could be used against me if it were found.
So sir, to me you are a bold rogue.

I don't speak freely in public anymore, and don't goof around with
anyone that does. When I am with my friends, we can all speak freely,
but when anyone we don't know walks up, we frequently change the
subject. When we are in a dim lit bar soaking up whiskey and T honk
music, that's another subject. All manner of things are expressed
with colorful similes and metaphors.

Maternal parentage is questioned, the qualtiy of national origin is
doubted, sexual proclivities are questioned, and other questions too
dangerous to debate in public are entertained. We often address each
other as male and female genetalia to needle and tease. (In fact, one
of my buddies is known there by his nickname "the flashlight" due to
his member's uncanny resemblance to a D cell Maglite).

In the bar, it is 1975 again. But what is said in the bar stays
there.

As one of the advisors for he Texas Workforce Commission told me, "You
need to be really careful, Robert. As a single man, a white male that
owns the whole business, you might as well have a target on your back
for unethical employees". Believe me, everything you ever said or
wrote becomes an issue at an unemployment eligibility hearing.

It's me! Rob!....keep your shirt on, already.

I know, I know. I forget you are from a foreign land. Well, at least
foreign to me. I hope you never thought I was accusing you of
anything... I wasn't.

And it is hard to think of a solid surface guy that buys $1500 sanders
as evil. Especially one that hides an inner child of the peace and
love generation. Don't deny it! You spilled the beans when revealing
your musical tastes.
I have recognized waaay too many over the past several months for you
to make case otherwise (at least to me).

And hey.. I was wrong again. Not exactly earth shattering news. But
I hope you can get a feel for what I thought I MIGHT be looking at.

We return you now to the normal programming after the end of this
boring diatribe.

Robert