Re: [RETIREMENT] Nick Demola

> A) The bulk of my dislike towards the Christian church has little to
> do with what happened in a schoolyard. It has more to do with what
has
> happened in history, and what continues to happen now. In fact, when
I
> was young enough to be in elementary school, I was too young to
really
> understand what all the fuss was about.

With any religion, just like any group of folks, you're gonna get
those that use their beliefs to bludgeon (sometimes literally) others
who do not share their beliefs. Hell, there are Christians that look
down on and chastize other Christians because they believe that they
are "better" Christians than those they look down upon (i.e. "holier
than thou"). Unfortunately, it's human nature to attack (both verbally
and physically) those that do not share your beliefs, and this
attitude and behavior is hardly limited to Christians or any other
religious sect.

> B) The bit about me "getting big and showing them" was a _joke._ I
do
> realize that at times, my humor is fairly dry, and sometimes subtle,
> but come on. I got teased more in elementary school because I was
> small, and I had more acne than average... Oh, and my name ("Huh...
> Mathew. Haw. You like _math,_ Mathew?" "Ummm... Actually, yeah, I
do."
> "Yeah, well... Ummm... Uhhh... SHUT UP! *smack*").

I realized it was a joke, but it's fairly obvious that you do still
carry some anger about those days.

> Out of interest, did you see that news show last week (I forget
which
> one. Dateline, maybe) that dealt with ultra-conservative students
> blacklisting professors in university with a Liberal bias? What's
your
> thoughts on that? I admit that I immediately thought of you, mostly
> because you're one of the few right-wingers I know...

I didn't see the show, so I can't really comment on it. However, if
the gist is that conservative students are not taking classes taught
by liberal professors and creating some sort of list so other
conservative students can also avoid those professors, then I see
nothing wrong with it. They're paying for their education, why would
they want to sit in a class taught by someone that's going to piss
them off everyday? Liberals, especially campus liberals, are some of
the most intolerant people on the face of God's green Earth and
they're not fun to be around when you're a conservative, especially
when you're vastly outnumbered.

Greg