> Cyrus Afzali wrote:
>> Seems to me by referring to the caller as a Massachusetts yankee,
>> you're not giving him much more respect than you claim he gave you.
>
> It is a descriptive term, Cyrus. Any disrespect is in your
> interpretation.
Maybe Cyrus is confusing yankee with damyankee? :)
> Speaking of respect, your sentence seems to imply
> that I might not be relating the truth. What I stated was my
> impression of his call and I have no reason to overstate my feelings
> about his rudeness. I'm not narcissistic enough to believe that I'm
> going to change anyone's mind here about the election.
>
>> I've said a million times that I don't get this "yankee" label that
>> the South loves to slap on people who are from the Northeast. I also
>> don't get why the Civil War is brought up so much by Southerners,
>> considering they lost. Most often, people on the losing side don't
>> bring up a conflict so much.
>
> Until I read your post, the WBtS had not entered my mind even
> remotely. I didn't bring it up. You did. To me, the term "yankee"
> does not in and of itself connote "war."
>
>> FWIW, a lot of people who are for Obama will be just fine with the
>> attitude the person is describing in regard to guns.
>
> For sure.
>
> I don't care
>> whether people have them or not, but I certainly don't consider it a
>> major political issue or a major issue in life. I think there's a huge
>> number of things that are more important.
>
> Indeed, it was not I who called someone at his home in the middle of
> the day and berated him over his feelings about the issue. It was an
> Obama campaingner.
>
They do seem a bit pushy, don't they?
It's not an exact comparison, but I've had a few people try to convince
me to support Obama, and I found myself reminded of the people going
door to door witnessing about their religion... It's such a wonderful
thing,
and I really should join them (according to them), but they can't seem to
come up with any real answers to the questions I give them.
