Fair Tribunals at Guantanamo? (Was: YANK CHILD ABUSERS :: another reason to kill americans abroad ???)

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 04:46:25 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:

Seems my last name was shared by a fairly large number of folks in the
county, from the Sheriff on down, and that they had something of a
reputation for standing together against pretty much everyone else.

Pretty much standard North American Scotch-mist jockaramic mythology.
Strange how nobody celebrates the mass of Scottish immigration to
North America, which consisted of economic migrants with little or no
Robin Hoodised retrospective anti-authoritarian posturing. But then
it's not quite as entertaining to discover the single Scots ancestor
(amongst the millions of less romantic ancestors, such as English,
German, Lithuanian or second-generation American) was a teenage
indentured servant and not Rob Roy.

Gavin Bailey

--

"...this level of misinformation suggests some Americans may be
avoiding having an experience of cognitive dissonance."
- 'Poll shows errors in beliefs on Iraq, 9/11'
The Charlotte Observer, 20th June 2003

(The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) wrote:

:On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 04:46:25 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
:
:Seems my last name was shared by a fairly large number of folks in the
:county, from the Sheriff on down, and that they had something of a
:reputation for standing together against pretty much everyone else.
:
:Pretty much standard North American Scotch-mist jockaramic mythology.

What the hell is that supposed to mean in English?

:Strange how nobody celebrates the mass of Scottish immigration to
:North America, which consisted of economic migrants with little or no
:Robin Hoodised retrospective anti-authoritarian posturing. But then
:it's not quite as entertaining to discover the single Scots ancestor
amongst the millions of less romantic ancestors, such as English,
:German, Lithuanian or second-generation American) was a teenage
:indentured servant and not Rob Roy.

What are you smoking to get THAT out of the paragraph you quote? I
merely note the fact as it existed. The McCalls in that particular
part of North Carolina were numerous and known to be a touchy and
feuding lot if crossed. You somehow permute this into, well, I'm not
sure WHAT you permuted it into.

Note that I wasn't related to any of them, by the way. My family got
here out of Canada via upstate New York, which is a hell of a long way
from North Carolina.

Looks to me like you have a lot of your own silly prejudices you need
to learn to get around.

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 13:17:09 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:

:Pretty much standard North American Scotch-mist jockaramic mythology.

What the hell is that supposed to mean in English?

The customary "Scotch-Irish" psuedo-clan folk myths.

What are you smoking to get THAT out of the paragraph you quote? I
merely note the fact as it existed. The McCalls in that particular
part of North Carolina were numerous and known to be a touchy and
feuding lot if crossed.

Unlike n-thousand others in the same time and place? Or millions of
others elsewhere?

You somehow permute this into, well, I'm not
sure WHAT you permuted it into.

I believe you're selectively projecting your own preconceptions onto
the past.

Looks to me like you have a lot of your own silly prejudices you need
to learn to get around.

Undoubtedly, but they're not actually on display in this thread.

Gavin Bailey

--

"...this level of misinformation suggests some Americans may be
avoiding having an experience of cognitive dissonance."
- 'Poll shows errors in beliefs on Iraq, 9/11'
The Charlotte Observer, 20th June 2003

(The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) wrote:

:On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 13:17:09 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
:
::Pretty much standard North American Scotch-mist jockaramic mythology.
:
:What the hell is that supposed to mean in English?
:
:The customary "Scotch-Irish" psuedo-clan folk myths.
:
:What are you smoking to get THAT out of the paragraph you quote? I
:merely note the fact as it existed. The McCalls in that particular
:part of North Carolina were numerous and known to be a touchy and
:feuding lot if crossed.
:
:Unlike n-thousand others in the same time and place? Or millions of
thers elsewhere?

Moreso, yes.

: You somehow permute this into, well, I'm not
:sure WHAT you permuted it into.
:
:I believe you're selectively projecting your own preconceptions onto
:the past.

And I believe you're some sort of impacted Fenian loon.

:Looks to me like you have a lot of your own silly prejudices you need
:to learn to get around.
:
:Undoubtedly, but they're not actually on display in this thread.

I have to differ with you. I think they're QUITE on display.

You've convinced me you're a loon of the highest order to get any of
what you claim to see out of anything I said.

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn