[kj] OT: White trash

[Brendan]

What's this about disappearing? I've heard some weird stuff from people
lately, what's in the air? My mate the other night was going on about some
'bad shit' going on at work, he was off his tits, as usual, but he was
going on about 'sabotage' and I get the impression he thinks he has
unleashed some demons into the world at work, through the computer
system...and has a sense of impending doom about it. I personally think
it's the drugs and too much social isolation speaking.

I was telling my witchy friend about it, because me and my other mate are
thinking about an 'intervention' for our mate, get him off the drugs
because he's gone slowly downhill for too long and seems to be not coping
well. Told her about it and she said she agrees with him (!), that
something nasty is in the air, everyone is snappy as hell etc. Last thing
I expected to hear. (Again, I think it's a her thing, she moved into a new
high powered job and basically got dropped in the extreme shite, had an
awful week, the new staff hate her guts, by default)

And now you.

What am I missing?

(Sorry for completely ignoring the original topic, but priorities...)


>

> HI BRENDAN MATE,

>

> thanks alot for replying a suprise as i was not exspecting a reply until

> tomorrow ;) anyways,concer4ning this debate,or topic thread,i found it

> interesting and that was why i contributed a kinda view point from every

> sides,i was not offended at all,it was a fare topic and a chance for

> anyone to put there view points,thats great if they wish to,but they dont

> have to......   i had  an open minded out look with my post,and the only

> people i dissed were the press,as they can be guilty of or judgemental at

> times of pigion wholing people into catorgoryslike they accussed britney

> spears of beeing--cheap white trailer trash/and melanie brown--as beeing

> cheap black trash--i dont agree with the press half the time,but in those

> cercumstances i think its used tounge in cheek/same as in lyrics--well

> some times...  :)this may be my last em for who knows how long,if you dont

> hear from me tomorrow,then theres something major going on--ive proberly

> dissapeared--hope not--i pray not,but--some times a person does not have

> full control over there life ;(  i think i will have to trust,or what else

> is there...     melinda

>

>

> thats basically 80 percent of what i put in my post to you-----i did send

> it ti the list,as i was answering your post/and angry tom hanks as well>

> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:01:23 +1300> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To:

> gathering at misera.net> Subject: [kj] OT: White trash> > Hi Mel,> > I

> blitzed through your email quickly before work this morning...downloaded>

> it on my PC at home so I don't have it in front of me at work now>

> unfortunately...(I have to use this shitty webmail interface)...> > I have

> never heard the term black trash used...I suppose my point was that> you

> get away with 'white trash' but I've never heard 'black' or 'yellow'>

> trash for instance. It seems to me that 'white trash' is something that>

> has snuck into the popular vernacular under the radar, without the>

> politically correct brigade pouncing on it. Perhaps they have but I

> didn't> bother Googling it yet :) But regardless of any ivory tower debate

> about> it, I hear the term all the time and it seems to be used without a

> real> understanding of the racist undertones. Often it's used>

> self-deprecatingly...> > Anyway i just thought it would be a point of

> discussion. I'd never> consider calling anyone 'black trash' although I

> have used the term 'white> trash', until that is I had a think about it.>

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