01-22-2011, 01:25 PM
Okay, okay, this has gone on long enough, folks. I've been in the studio all day and it's getting a little late here so excuse me if I don't quite get this right. First, I don't know my IP whatever, but my e mail is mtnman@hawaii.rr.com so go ahead and post it if you want.
I've been a performer all my life so slipping into someone else's skin (as I see that skin) is not so hard for me. Sorry Kathy H. I like what I see of you and don't like seeing you get in the middle of something that's my doing. This whole thing started with a post I made about a racist joke that bothered me. The joke WAS racist. I never said the person who made the joke was racist. And as I said too many times, it wasn't the joke that bothered me as much as the fact that there wasn't outrage about it. Ironic that I'm now in the middle of the most racist part of the country. But I Digress. I really wanted to know if things had changed that much in what I think of as the "lower" subdivisions. I remember the "hippie' days when things were so much different. The whole thing morphed as many thing on the Internet do into something tangentially bizarre. So the Lack kept making outrageous posts and saying, "hey, just joking, can't you people laugh?" and on and on and on. He stated in an almost obsessive way of how he sees me (way, way off base, by the way)and even graced me with a cartoon which also by the way looks remarkably nothing like me. My words were twisted, as were other's to fit a few folks vision of who they thought they were talking about. This "vision" got locked into their brains and as far as I could tell was based on stereotypes of my particular morals and ethics which, by the way, I push on no one. The way I live is very personal and somewhat inconceivable to some. Anyway I found it a little frustrating that no matter what I said, these few people kept responding to their "vision" of who they think I am. The really odd part was Lack's assertion that I have no sense of humour. Hell, I've written jokes for some and even performed for a time with a comedian. I'm fairly well known for my sense of humour.
So, out of this frustration (this is not an excuse as I don't feel the need to make one), I did make that post on Lack's site. I thought the irony would be obvious, but irony is too often lost. Hey Lack, it was only a joke. I can laugh in Spanish, German, Russian, and even Czech. You ask others to laugh at "jokes" made at people's expense. Can you do the same?
I don't know you, or John, MD700000, but what I've seen of you I'm not too fond of. In person maybe it would be different, maybe not. I do try to live a certain lifestyle where it should be different, but I'm just not that evolved. This was what I thought was a taste of your own medicine. In reality I do feel bad for your wife and your obvious strong feelings of love and only for that part of my post on your site, I'm sorry, truly. But the post was a joke. Get it?
To all here who aren't the perceived "gang," sorry. Really. This has gone on long enough. Sorry I started the whole damn thing about the original "joke." It has been divisive and in retrospect not something I should have gotten into at all. This whole thing is getting a little too close. My anonimity and isolation here are precious to me.
Lastly, I do like a lot of what I see of many of you here, and to you I am really sorry if I caused any of you time or frustration or anything negative.
That's all. I hope all this is somehow clear. I can't wait to get back home. I'm having a blast here but I sorely miss my Island, the sound of the birds in the morning, the quiet and calm, my friends, the smell of the rainforest, and especially my beautiful volcano.
I've been a performer all my life so slipping into someone else's skin (as I see that skin) is not so hard for me. Sorry Kathy H. I like what I see of you and don't like seeing you get in the middle of something that's my doing. This whole thing started with a post I made about a racist joke that bothered me. The joke WAS racist. I never said the person who made the joke was racist. And as I said too many times, it wasn't the joke that bothered me as much as the fact that there wasn't outrage about it. Ironic that I'm now in the middle of the most racist part of the country. But I Digress. I really wanted to know if things had changed that much in what I think of as the "lower" subdivisions. I remember the "hippie' days when things were so much different. The whole thing morphed as many thing on the Internet do into something tangentially bizarre. So the Lack kept making outrageous posts and saying, "hey, just joking, can't you people laugh?" and on and on and on. He stated in an almost obsessive way of how he sees me (way, way off base, by the way)and even graced me with a cartoon which also by the way looks remarkably nothing like me. My words were twisted, as were other's to fit a few folks vision of who they thought they were talking about. This "vision" got locked into their brains and as far as I could tell was based on stereotypes of my particular morals and ethics which, by the way, I push on no one. The way I live is very personal and somewhat inconceivable to some. Anyway I found it a little frustrating that no matter what I said, these few people kept responding to their "vision" of who they think I am. The really odd part was Lack's assertion that I have no sense of humour. Hell, I've written jokes for some and even performed for a time with a comedian. I'm fairly well known for my sense of humour.
So, out of this frustration (this is not an excuse as I don't feel the need to make one), I did make that post on Lack's site. I thought the irony would be obvious, but irony is too often lost. Hey Lack, it was only a joke. I can laugh in Spanish, German, Russian, and even Czech. You ask others to laugh at "jokes" made at people's expense. Can you do the same?
I don't know you, or John, MD700000, but what I've seen of you I'm not too fond of. In person maybe it would be different, maybe not. I do try to live a certain lifestyle where it should be different, but I'm just not that evolved. This was what I thought was a taste of your own medicine. In reality I do feel bad for your wife and your obvious strong feelings of love and only for that part of my post on your site, I'm sorry, truly. But the post was a joke. Get it?
To all here who aren't the perceived "gang," sorry. Really. This has gone on long enough. Sorry I started the whole damn thing about the original "joke." It has been divisive and in retrospect not something I should have gotten into at all. This whole thing is getting a little too close. My anonimity and isolation here are precious to me.
Lastly, I do like a lot of what I see of many of you here, and to you I am really sorry if I caused any of you time or frustration or anything negative.
That's all. I hope all this is somehow clear. I can't wait to get back home. I'm having a blast here but I sorely miss my Island, the sound of the birds in the morning, the quiet and calm, my friends, the smell of the rainforest, and especially my beautiful volcano.
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