From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V7 #62 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Friday, April 12 2002 Volume 07 : Number 062 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Hot Basia Flick ["ERNEST L GUNTER" ] RE: More Fire Than Flame ["Steve O'Hearn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:43:00 -0700 From: "ERNEST L GUNTER" Subject: Re: Hot Basia Flick I'm a Mormon and I'm not offended. I don't think you can please everybody all the time. I suppose his time just came. Thelma (who is super happy a movie is coming out Friday that is nice to Mormons... finally) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Luisa Jimenez" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:39 AM Subject: RE: Hot Basia Flick > > My theory: > > Someone is paid to throw in a controversial "exits" or comments . . .maybe > it's even Basia herself :). . .to keep this list going. . .or else we would > just be twidling our thumbs. . .and we can't really type if we're twidling, > right? > > The only think I would find offensive is Vokalyzer trying to convince us > that ANYONE uses the word "Flick" for a still-picture. LOL. . .I'm cracking > myself up. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Star Eyes > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:34 AM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Hot Basia Flick > > > > No you didn't say anything really out there in my book. Nothing wrong with > the comments, unless....... If you construe the meaning of your last > sentence "does anyone out there feel me?", but that still would be one hell > of a stretch, even for a Catholic Priest with suppressed aggressions. OOPS, > gonna make few enemies now. But what else can I say, if one's so tight that > they squeak when they walk, then this place isn't for them. Remember the > Playboy incident of late 2001/early 2002. And how about the Madonna comp and > the aggressive nature of that dialogue. Hey these are the things that make > this list go from time to time.... Hey VOK, it's not like telling us you had > this screenprinted to your bedsheets and are having distorted dreams of our > dear St. Basia while listening to Give Me That. Now that would be too much > information.Maybe not. :~{] > Ed > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 07:05 AM > Subject: Re: Hot Basia Flick > > > > > > Now I'm really confused. Did I say something (in a comment intended to be > > nothing but complimentary to the subject of this list) that offended > someone > > so much that they quit the list? Would someone please explain? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:24:28 -0400 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: More Fire Than Flame Hello - You might not even remember writing this, but I just wanted to say - thanks. Brilliant post, and I greatly appreciated your having said it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. - - Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Somegirl99@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 10:13 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Re: More Fire Than Flame > > > > Steve said: > > > > Just to clarify, the name calling started when the Christian post was > > attacked. To quote: > > > > "Just goes to prove that not all the 'crazies' are > Islamics." > > > My point of view... > > I wasn't offended at all by the original post. I didn't think it > necessarily > belonged on this particular list, but hey, we go off on tangents all the > time, so what's one more? > > I WAS offended by the term "crazies". I was brought up in a Pentecostal > Protestant church, and while I don't "practice" my religion (I > have a potty > mouth, smoke cigarettes like a chimney, and haven't been to > church in awhile > - all no-no's for me) it's still deep in my soul. Maybe that only > classifies > me as semi "crazy", but the term still offended me. Enough to say > something > about it? No. I wouldn't have said anything if this thread hadn't > continued... and if I didn't think Steve was getting attacked for his > personal beliefs. I guess I just wanted him to know he's not > standing alone > with his opinions. > > I'm sorry, but I don't remember who posted the original post. But > whoever it > was... what was so terribly wrong about it? Who here has not been > effected by > the terrorist attacks? Which one of you can say you didn't feel > any sadness? > How many of you sat stunned as you watched that second plane slam > into the > tower? How many of you can say you're not now pissed and want > some kind of > revenge? And those of you with family/friends in New York or > Washington... > did you, or did you not, grab that phone to make sure they were > all right? I > don't think any "decent" person on earth (your average Joe) can > look at those > film clips and not feel some compassion for those 1000's of > people that died > so horribly. Everybody's expressing their compassion, their > sadness, their > outrage and even their patriotism in different ways. I can't go > heft buckets > with the firefighters. I can't open my doors to a stranger that's > stranded in > the city while they search for their husband, wife, friend. I > can't make a > big dish of lasagne and pass out plates of it to passing rescue > workers. All > I can do is donate money and blood, call my in-laws in NY, and > fly a flag on > my car and motorcycle. > > And so this guy makes a post because he believes in God, heaven & > hell, and > that the second coming is around the corner. Wouldn't you expect > a Christian > to say something to that effect at a time like this? I would, and would > wonder about any so called "Christian" that DIDN'T say something > like that at > a time like this. > > Personally, I think the one that called him a "crazy" should > reread it. Maybe > even print it out and commit it to memory. > > Jacki ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V7 #62 **************************