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- From: rich@troll1.msfc.nasa.gov (Rich Krum)
- Subject: Re: The Difference Injure..
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.153157.6795@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Boeing Computer Support Services
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:31:57 GMT
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- Violence, of course, has its plusses and minuses--but the few times the
- troll has used it, it has worked--
-
- I had an interesting childhood (assuming you can believe the troll was
- ever a child). I grew up in a fairly small town in the south, where there
- was a great deal of interest in physical sports, like football and baseball,
- and participation in these were expected of largish persons of the male
- gender. The troll, of course, was more interested in anything but that--I
- preferred hard science, books, and music instead of hard knock sports. Yep,
- I was a class "A" misfit, who was an obvious wierdo to boot. It didn't
- help that having the name "Krum" lead to a great many cruel comments and
- jibes--crummmy this n' that jokes, etc--fill in the blanks as desired.
-
- Fortunately, I was well aware that this was basically BS and jealousy
- being put out buy small minds, of no interest to me. So, I did my own
- thing, and my family supported me. BTW, the Krum name is not really
- Germanic--it came down the Norwegian side of the family, and I am most like
- the "Black Vikings"--dark-haired, dark-eyed--of the old Norwegian stock,
- although my father and brother were blonde, blue-eyed types. The "Black
- Vikings," as I am told by my Grandfather, were the real berserker types--
- quiet, moody, and strange (boy, he got that one right!). Based on this
- knowledge, I refused to respond to the silliness. When I was forced to,
- the other guy lost, BIG time, and that generated a great deal of space for
- me.
-
- Violence, of course, never solves anything--let's ask the former inhabitants
- of places like Sodom and Gommorah and other biblical/historical places that
- have survived (?) violence :>)! I tend to have a Heinlienesque (is that a
- word) attitude--i.e. your rights end where mine begin.
-
- Whew--sounds like this wandered off into the weeds--CUT! Philosophy tends
- to tire the troll's thinker--it's all an exercise that means little anyway.
-
- "To Philosophy and philosophers, long may they disagree, it's the last REAL
- choice we all have!"
-
- <Crash> <WHooof> <Tinkle>
-
- --Troll
-
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