Re: way [OT] was: humming

de John Corliss 02/01/2008 12:29

Craig wrote:
> John Corliss wrote:
>> Craig wrote:
>>> John Corliss wrote:
>>>> Franklin wrote:
>>>>> Peter Seiler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I worry what happens with hummingbird after his last
>>>>>> posting-tsunami of 23.01.08 :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He is in danger loosing his leading monthly statitic position ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought Hummingbird said he was visiting Thailand early this
>>>>> year, 2008. So I guess that's where he is right now.
>>>>>
>>>>> He'll be back soon and no doubt will be posting at his usual rate.
>>>>
>>>> The boy may have AIDS too. If so, two things:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Maybe it caught up with him and he's in the hospital.
>>>> 2. It certainly explains his dementia and attitude.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ignorance doesn't suit you, John.
>>>
>>> -Craig
>>
>> Fuck that jerk.
>>
>
> Well;
>
> If this were about hb, I wouldn't have bothered posting. So, we're not
> too far apart on that point. I think my choice of words distracted from
> what I meant. Let me try again.
>
> Making light of AIDS or people getting AIDS is equivalent to: joking
> about a diabetic's blindness; a jarhead's PTSD; a kid starving to death
> or a woman getting raped. There'll always be someone who argues that,
> in some way, that person deserved it and that, in some context
> somewhere, it's just plain funny. Maybe. I'm not always the best judge
> of humor.
>
> But this kind of "smack talk" trivializes a literal "tragedy."
>
> The words don't tar the object of the post. The words tarnish the
> tragedy of suffering, directly or indirectly, through the particularly
> gruesome trajectory of AIDS. You could've used Alzheimer's or,
> something more immediate to us, a rider getting t-boned. Same result.
>
> You've been around the block long enough that you probably already have
> a friend or loved one who has suffered a literal tragedy. You probably
> have even had the honor of tending to them or burying them. Me too.
> That's why I'm speaking up.
>
> Tragedy in general, and AIDS specifically, make for a piss-poor bludgeon.
>
> best,
> -Craig
>
> P.S. The best tragic humor always seem to come from the victims
> themselves. Absolutely side-splitting stuff. Then again, in my
> estimation, gallows humor is best savored from a goodly distance.
>
> Case in point: Years ago, a bunch of us are standing around, helmets in
> hand, watching our buddy about to be loaded into the ambulance. He's
> all messed up (and would be for a very painful year to come). Hell,
> he's already in a world of hurt. They won't let him slip into
> unconsciousness and won't give him anything stronger than Advil.
>
> One of us says that we'll meet him at the hospital.
>
> Laying on the gurney with a compound fracture, one eye swollen shut and
> a dramatic amount of blood seeping through an impressive amount of
> bandaging, our buddy croaks: "Race ya."
>
> Fuck yea.

Craig, I wasn't making light of AIDS. I was simply stating a suspicion I
have about hb, if he's who I think he is.

I've been fighting a nagging hardware problem all day on a computer I'm
working on. It has me in a pretty sour mood, thus my "FTJ" comment.
However, my OP to this thread was simply a literal statement of my
suspicions. And yes, dementia IS a complication brought about in some
AIDS cases.

My dislike of hummingbird though, is probably greater than anybody in
this group. When he first reared his ugly head here and trolled me, I
remember that when I pointed out that he was a troll a large group of
people told me that I was being mean to him.

Looks like I was right, from the start and now most everybody can see that.

HOWEVER, if he DOES have AIDS, all I feel for him is pity.

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