Re: Bigotry

[Chris.Prael@Eng.Sun.COM (Chris Prael)]

Dear Joe B. Simpson, Jr.,

I have been reading and posting to the italian-car-list - italian-car-
digest - alfa-digest for 8 or 9 years.  

I have known Jim Hayes through these lists, e-mail correspondence, and 
a couple good evenings together for 6, or so, years.  While we do not
always agree on everything, I have found his opinions to be informed,
intelligent, and worth my time.  Jim is one of the people who has made
this list worth reading.

This is the first time I have encountered you on the list.  The next
time you feel a need to vent your ignorance and anger on someone, you
would do well to find a mirror and let fly.  You will have found the
most appropriate audience for your ignorance and phlem.

Chris Prael
'85 GTV6
'75 Alfetta
'69 1750 GTV


> From: "Simpson, Jr, Joe B." <jbs@rti.org>
> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 12:49:06 -0500
> Subject: RE: Bigotry
> 
> > Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net> sez:
> > 
> >>>Two weeks later, while he was driving my Jeep, another full size pickup
> >>>ran out of a side street right in front of him, collecting my Cherokee.
> >>>This was a Dodge Ram, the substitute trailer truck for
> >>>testosterone-laden rednecks.
> 
> >>Oh, and Jeep Cherokees are, what, socially-acceptable transportation for
> > >>enlightened superior humans?
> > 
> > >Perhaps you forget that I have two vintage Alfa racecars which I tow
> > all
> > >over the east coast. Since I have not the means to own a full size
> >transporter or another vehicle just for towing, nor to pay someone to
> >transport the car for me, I'm forced to have a vehicle capable of
> >towing. At the current time, over 60% of the mileage on the Cherokee is
> >towing. The rest is commuting, travelling on business, and often
> >carrying parts.
> 
> So *your* truck is needs-justified, and everyone who doesn't know you
> should assume that - but you're confident that someone you don't know
> drives a Dodge Ram truck not because he needs its capabilities, but
> because it's a "substitute trailer truck for a testosterone-laden
> redneck."  Does the word "hypocrite" mean anything to you?
> 
> >This digest seems to be populated by a number of people who have never
> >heard of the old adage "be sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth."
> >
> >Perhaps it is indicative of today's society that we condemn without
> >knowwledge, never let truth stand in the way of our blathering, and on
> >the internet, feel that the anonymity of email gives license to be
> >uncivil.
> 
> Whatever.  I think your bigotry and incivility speaks for itself -
> perhaps you should look in the mirror before spouting platitudes such
> as the above two paragraphs.
> 
> I am, not at all anonymously,
> 
>    Joe B. Simpson, Jr.