October 26, 2003
Not 'nuf said. I can't decide who's being more irritating here: the letter writer with his peculiar scrupulosity about visual, er, "indulgence", and his rhetorical ineptitude - larding a discussion-worthy point with the extraneous and the pompous; or Instantman who, in classic Usenet dork style, ignores the interesting point and gloms peevishly onto the extraneous. (Or me, for producing that preceding clunker of a sentence.)

I guess I could cut both sides some slack. That letter is iiiiiritating. On the other hand, I grant that it's very hard to reference the G, the B, and the T without sounding like a pompous ass. But he could have just shut up after "is this (the woman in the red bikini) all that the United States of America has to offer the world? Is this picture what America is all about?" On the other other hand, should one in any way be encouraging the revival of crazed blogospheric bikini wars?


Posted by Moira Breen at October 26, 2003 11:56 AM
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Interesting debate. I still think the Blogoshpere's Estonian Bureau has the best viewpoint on the issue, at
http://lounge.pri.ee/mt/archives/000454.html

Posted by: Joseph K on October 26, 2003

That picture's funny. But not interesting.

Not interesting, that is, in this post's context. But I wouldn't discourage readers from following the link, as it may be most interesting to them in other ways.

I apologize again for the html freeze. I need to swtich db formats and re-install to implement the anti-spam stuff, and I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Posted by: Moira on October 27, 2003

Don't worry. HTML comments would just encourage smart-alec comment posters to wander off topic and post hit and run links. Not that I'd ever do that...

Seriously, I didn't mean to belittle the discussion or your point, and I apologize if that was the impression I left.

Posted by: Joseph K on October 27, 2003

Not at all, Jo-K. 'Tis I who have left the wrong impression. I'd hate for people to think this was not a smart-alec friendly zone.

(I demand that everything I write here be taken with utmost seriousness!)

Posted by: Moira on October 27, 2003

Seriousness? Linking to a post with pictures of a Bikini Babe? You should be serious more often!

All I offer is: http://www.strathconas.ca/SMT/info.htm

Cheers

Posted by: J.M. Heinrichs on October 27, 2003

How dare you go posting that filthy Canadian porn on my site.

Oh. Never mind. Are you associated with these guys?

Posted by: Moira on October 28, 2003

1980-1983, most of the time as Troop Leader of 1st Troop, A Squadron; one of the best jobs in life. I did have to take up riding for a while, which allows me to emphasis my Cavalry background.

Cheers

Posted by: J.M. Heinrichs on October 28, 2003

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