[Discuss] free email less intrusive than google

[Bob Leigh]

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Bob Leigh
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com> wrote:

> My use of the term "cotton pickin' " was for the purpose of
> aliteration, not racism. Why would anyone think of this phrase in
> racist terms? I personally know of white woman from Latvia who
> emigrated just after WWII with her family (as a child) to Tennessee.
> The whole family picked cotton by hand in the fields. No language
> skills, no job...unless you can pick cotton. Then they got a cross
> burnt outside of their front door and they got the hint that nobody
> thereabouts wanted Latvian immigrants and they moved to New Jersey. So
> goes life. Back to the email question.
>
>
>
> 2016-03-22 6:56 UTC−04:00, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com>:
> > Back to the core question: Which of these email services will be the
> > first to turn over all date to the feds? What do I have to hide?
> > Nothing. What do I want? My constitutional perogatives that this
> > country used to have. MCB
> >
> > 2016-03-22 6:40 UTC−04:00, Gordon Marx <gcmarx at gmail.com>:
> >> Hi MC,
> >> Why do you think I want to hear from you?
> >>
> >> Before you respond, think about why I would say that to you. Remember
> >> that you started a thread where a bunch of people said a bunch of
> >> foolish shit, and you started it by saying something you shouldn't
> >> have. You didn't apologize, you still haven't apologized, and I'm sure
> >> that even if you tried, your apology would sound flat and insincere,
> >> because you don't even know what you did. As a result of that thread,
> >> I left BLU, and then you decided it was a good idea for you to email
> >> me privately. Think *really* hard before you hit send on a response,
> >> and even then, you probably just shouldn't.
> >>
> >> Gordon
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> My use of the term "cotton pickin' " was for the purpose of
> >>> aliteration, not racism. Why would anyone think of this phrase in
> >>> racist terms? I personally know of white woman from Latvia who
> >>> emigrated just after WWII with her family (as a child) to Tennessee.
> >>> The whole family picked cotton by hand in the fields. No language
> >>> skills, no job...unless you can pick cotton. Then they got a cross
> >>> burnt outside of their front door and they got the hint that nobody
> >>> thereabouts wanted Latvian immigrants and they moved to New Jersey. So
> >>> goes life. Back to the email question.
> >>>
> >>> 2016-03-16 7:02 UTC−04:00, Gordon Marx <gcmarx at gmail.com>:
> >>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com
> >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> When C's "persuasion" takes the form of social or political pressure
> >>>>> applied to A in order to coerce A to conform to C's ideals and morals
> >>>>> then it most certainly is oppression.
> >>>>
> >>>> Oh, I understand now. You don't know what oppression means. I was
> >>>> right when I said you were insulated from the outside world!
> >>>>
> >>>> Peace out, BLU. Whoever was complaining about the SNR was right, but
> >>>> not in the way he (and it was DEFINITELY a he) meant it. If anyone
> >>>> wants me to continue telling them why their idiotic beliefs about how
> >>>> to act in society are idiotic, feel free to follow up privately, but
> >>>> I'm off the list as of right now and won't be back.
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> >>>>
> >>
> >
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