So, reverend...you really agree with Gene? i saw your post down below, man. Do you feel that talking about the tragedy of 55,000 missing women is 'paranoid raving'...?

Julie Lieber read it and SHE suggests another lyric writing contest.

Not a SINGLE person here apparently agreed with me on my post that 55,000 missing women is a national tragedy, an incredible travesty of justice. I'm actually amazed at how FEW people apparently give a damn.

How about you? I read your web site. Hey, you're a darn talented writer who, with a little more editing, could be even better. With a little work you could easily be a reporter for a newspaper.

You had nothing to say other than "GO Gene!"

So tell me, was Gene a guy who had complimentary things to say about your posts in the past? They'd almost ran you off of the board when I first arrived. You were so angry...have you forgotten?

If what I wrote was so uncompelling, then perhaps I'll be more persuasive in the future. We'll see...

Well Kev, I'm still confident, man--
I'm just sadly failing to realize what
is lacking here. The town of Knoxville is
much, MUCH more safe per capita than Memphis,
or any of other major cities where I have
lived. That may be the REAL reason for some
of the apathy. Knoxville isn't a city that
has real problems with crime-- so to some here,
my editorialism is 'paranoid'...

if some of these folks lived in a major city,
then they'd already KNOW how dangerous much of
urban America is.

I'll have some concrete solutions in time,
but I've yet to define ALL the elements of the
problem at this point. But folks here have seen
a good portion of it defined-- violence against
women will RUIN a society, and in my opinion,
this country has a REAL problem with it.

Sadly enough, I'm not getting the chance
to do much on this board, sir...

as this place seems to be a deluge of
insults and flames. Few people if any
get much of anything thru amid the daily
one liners, etc. If you have a harsh, cut down
based board, you will almost certainly not be
able to attract many femme posters. They'll
LEAVE. Or never even show up. Or else they'll
occasionally lurk. A really GOOD message board,
which this one HAS the potential to be,
will have more of them, and they'll be more vocal.

And you're RIGHT-- my 'style' is an issue based
style, instead of an individual centered style.
It's long winded, and opinionated, and sometimes
a little melancholy, but I can assure you that
it IS an issue based paradigm. But I'm not certain
that a 'revision in approach' will place me
above the 'contempt of the rational'...sir I HOPE
that my approach will slowly gather readership.

Hey, thanks for the good luck...I'm gonna need it.

If what I write in various posts
seems like the truth of the affair,
feel free to say so right here.

I can use all the
help I can get...

in the end, I'll sail away...if what I had
to say was relevant, those who read it will
know it was, and as for critics? :)

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!