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IainB:
@40hz: That comment of mine was deliberately and completely tongue-in-cheek.
I blamed you and @Carol Haynes as I thought you were both completely undeserving of any blame and could appreciate the joke.
Yes, "red whale" was my invention. It's a very large red herring.
To criticise someone else for spelling errors whilst at the same same time making a spelling error oneself seemed an amusing thing to do - a joke about oneself.
I have to admit fabricating the bit about @superboyac and his making an OP about Angelina Jolie, for the purposes of making a joke. AJ is to me a typical representative of the great deal of wrong that is done to our daughters - to create/manipulate women in this world to conform to a stylised male ideal sex object.
Carol Haynes:
great deal of wrong that is done to our daughters - to create/manipulate women in this world to conform to a stylised male ideal sex object.
-IainB (December 09, 2011, 10:58 AM)
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Now there is a red herring if ever there was one. Write a book about it and self publish on Amazon immediately to get back on track.
For myself if someone feels they have the strength (or ability) to get me conforming to a "stylised male ideal sex object" they are welcome to try. It would probably need a skilled surgeon though! Save an awful lot of dieting and gym time!
40hz:
@40hz:[/b] That comment of mine was deliberately and completely tongue-in-cheek.
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-IainB (December 09, 2011, 10:58 AM)
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@IanB -
a) So was my reply. I though I was being deliberately over the top. Sorry if it didn't come across that way. :) :Thmbsup:
b) re: Red Whale - I like it. I may use it on occasion if you don't mind. Attribution will, of course, be made.
c) re: Angelina Jolie - on the contrary, speaking to other women, I've discovered many of them quite frankly admire her attitude, good works, personal appearance, unapologetic sensuality, and general "Take me as I am or sod off" approach to life. And, based on some very candid interviews I've read, she comes across as being more the product of her own conscious making than a woman manipulated. Or at least she is now that she's gained a little more maturity.
FWIW, I have no problem with any woman who wants to play the siren, the earth-mother, or the virginal queen for that matter. Women are humans, just like their male counterparts. And like all humans, they too choose which roles to play as a part of living in human society. Far be it from me to impose my personal notions of sensuality - or propriety - upon them. And far be it from me to also make excuses or apologies for whatever choices they make. I have far too much respect for women, as a whole, to do that.
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superboyac:
@40hz: That comment of mine was deliberately and completely tongue-in-cheek.
I blamed you and @Carol Haynes as I thought you were both completely undeserving of any blame and could appreciate the joke.
Yes, "red whale" was my invention. It's a very large red herring.
To criticise someone else for spelling errors whilst at the same same time making a spelling error oneself seemed an amusing thing to do - a joke about oneself.
I have to admit fabricating the bit about @superboyac and his making an OP about Angelina Jolie, for the purposes of making a joke. AJ is to me a typical representative of the great deal of wrong that is done to our daughters - to create/manipulate women in this world to conform to a stylised male ideal sex object.
-IainB (December 09, 2011, 10:58 AM)
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Wuh!...huh??
Why am I being used as a fictional character??!! What has happened to me?
superboyac:
Oh...I see what happened. I suppose I would say something like that...BUT I DIDN'T!! just to be clear.
I have no problem with jolie. What has she ever done that's even controversial? I'm not aware of anything, but I don't follow here closely, maybe I missed something. I know she's with Pitt, they adopt a bunch of kids from Africa or something. What is the criticism? That she's too skinny? Too hot? ha! Whatever, i don't really care.
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