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Fact is, is that she thinks she has a hard life.
In some respects, I have.
Tell me, prophex...
How "hard" of a life does someone have to have led for you to consider them worthy of that honor?
Is someone who has grown up in rural Alabama with no heat or running water, who sometimes went hungry, was molested and raped at a young age by male relatives, had very loving, wonderful grandparents, was a victim of institutionalized racism and sexism, went to substandard schools so they are illiterate, but who always got pretty good health and dental care considered by you to have had a "hard life"?
What if they had heat and running water, went to good schools, but were still molested and raped and still were a victime of racism and sexism.
What if they had running water but no heat, weren't raped or molested, but were illiterate because of poor schools, and were victims of sexism but not racism?
Which ones qualify as having led a "hard" life and which ones don't, according to you?
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She thinks she has sacrificed.
You seem to believe that the only "true" sacrifices are those made by the destitute.
Does that mean, by extension, that no one who is not destitute can be described as deserving of anything they have earned? Or can anyone who is not destitute be described as having worked hard?
You never did give a direct answer to these questions.
Why don't you try doing that for once?
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She thinks that people of knowledge are not given this right out of wealthiness.
What?
Please work harder to express yourself more clearly and precisely.
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She thinks she can tell me I am the one running.
Of course you are.
Otherwise, you would answer my questions directly and clearly.
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She thinks that my argument was lame.
Mostly, I think your argument is gobbledygook.
Or, rather, I don't have a clear idea of what your argument is because you do not write clearly and precisely.
Maybe the problem is that you do not think things through very well, but then attempt to write in a deep and dramatic way that is meant to be deep and inspiring.
Sorry, it's not working.
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That's laughable. And, I'm still right.
You know what is laughable?
Look, when you evade questions, everyone can see it.
When you back away from arguments but refuse to admit your error, everyone can see it.
When you run away, everyone can see it.
I admit to doing all of these things at one time or another, but you have made it into an art form, because you do it so often.
This message has been edited by schrafinator, 01-14-2006 10:44 PM
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