To think, I actually felt a twinge of guilt for calling them a pack of wolves. But now I see they have adopted the name for themselves, albeit coyotes.
They must think no one can see that they are setting themselves up as jackasses? It's one thing to sit amongst friends and talk about this during drunken banter, but to actually create a site... well, that is irresponsible. I know the trend is that the oppressed give themselves license to poke at their oppressors, but this is not even humorous.
I commend you for fighting the fight. I would suggest one thing, if you are planning on pursuing your suit... Print everything. Keep track of things said. Because you never know when someone will wise up and delete the only proof you may have...
Well when I said her "pack" I meant Coyote because they are always talking about how they like to instigate trouble. Eileen then proceeded to insert the word: DOGS, once again, putting words in my mouth that were never there in the first place. Apparently the group has a hidden agenda (to humiliate Anglos publicly) and a vivious way of twisting words in another person's mouth.
No, have no guilt. You are courageous and the only person besides my immediate friends and family who cares enough to say something about what has been perpetuated.
I never wanted to humiliate these people. Much of that Pen Pal site stuff I knew before when I mentioned the movie that they hoped to give some attention to "Mail Order Bride" which I'd love to see btw (love strange foreign movies like Uncle Saddam (hilarious if you ever get the chance to view this crazy documentary)). I plugged her book to make up for any imagined or real injury I might have caused, I apologized, explained my little tushy off only to find them making more statements damaging to me. Now, in my heart, I felt this situation was resolved (the best it could be) prior to Mr. Silliman's very public and very libelous statement. Up until now, Mr. Silliman has treated me as a non individual and has never commented directly on anything I had to say. It will be interesting to see if he has the courage or integrity to do so now. I tend to doubt it though. He isn't what I'd call a "Joe Green". Joe Green, my long time mentor made some harsh statements regarding Kent Johnson's book and returned after thinking it over and apologized publicly and now the two of them seem to be cohorts. Kent's right hand man contacted me and offered to send me Kent's book, interested in what I might have to say. That was the first time (besides wonderful little Lutheran Kirby Olson who is really quite charming in his ignorance of Islam, I luv him) anyone on that blog treated me as if I wasn't a second class citizen. I think the way you felt about my misspellings is the same way I feel about adorable Kirby Olson. :)
But no. My biggest fear right now would be to alienate or hurt you, my Filipina Champion. I mean that, my "people" can be that way. Ha ha...I constantly refer in my word to "my people"..that peculiar tribe I came from called "blue eyed Mexicans".
I am going to be contacting my good friend Joanne Sayen whose husband is a full partner with Baker and MacKenzie in Riyadh. Joanne is a lawyer who attended Bryn Mawr/George Washington and she might be very interested in what I have to say.
You might remember Baker and MacKenzie for their very notorious case (gender discrimination case lodged against them) regarding an event in which one of their lawyers tossed an M&M down a woman's blouse.
If she doesn't agree to accept the case then I may ask you to do a little footwork to start the proceedings stateside. Now that we are financially more secure, I would be willing and able to go stateside to persue this matter with Mr. Silliman in a court of law as opposed to his ridiculous "conviction" of me in his own kangaroo court where he sits as judge and executioner.
So yes. Someone is going to go down and it isn't going to be me. You can bet your bottom dollar.
Ah well...you know Grandisima...it's okay. I'm going to let it go. Some things are just that way in the world.
I realized a few things as you can see...no one died. No one lost a child to cancer or drowning over this. No one got murdered but only a bit bloodied. And I gained some very good people in the process...you and one Clifford Duffy whose poem appears down the way a bit. And my sister came to my rescue as is always the case to remind me of who we are as human beings. We are simply observers until it is our turn to suffer through something which we ought to try harder to do with a bit of our dignity intact.
Keep in touch with me please. I'd love to see your writing and will keep whatever you need to be kept private, private. On that you hae my word and my word is iron clad.
Hi, no need to post this if you wish not to, but I wanted to share with you a very beautiful sentiment (note sarcasm) that someone has left in my comment box:
Anonymous said... Grandisima, you truly are the voice of colonial-minded Flips out there who take pride in their love for sucking white cock. KSP talaga -- Konya Sa Pansin.
***
As you can see, I've been taking a break from the discussions. Been busy at home.
And also, see why it's so important for me to keep my identity hidden? I knew that I would garner many haters by coming to your aid, but I did so anyway because that is what I believed in. If I had revealed who I really was, I can imagine the damage to be irreparable.
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To think, I actually felt a twinge of guilt for calling them a pack of wolves. But now I see they have adopted the name for themselves, albeit coyotes.
They must think no one can see that they are setting themselves up as jackasses? It's one thing to sit amongst friends and talk about this during drunken banter, but to actually create a site... well, that is irresponsible. I know the trend is that the oppressed give themselves license to poke at their oppressors, but this is not even humorous.
I commend you for fighting the fight. I would suggest one thing, if you are planning on pursuing your suit... Print everything. Keep track of things said. Because you never know when someone will wise up and delete the only proof you may have...
Well when I said her "pack" I meant Coyote because they are always talking about how they like to instigate trouble. Eileen then proceeded to insert the word: DOGS, once again, putting words in my mouth that were never there in the first place. Apparently the group has a hidden agenda (to humiliate Anglos publicly) and a vivious way of twisting words in another person's mouth.
No, have no guilt. You are courageous and the only person besides my immediate friends and family who cares enough to say something about what has been perpetuated.
I never wanted to humiliate these people. Much of that Pen Pal site stuff I knew before when I mentioned the movie that they hoped to give some attention to "Mail Order Bride" which I'd love to see btw (love strange foreign movies like Uncle Saddam (hilarious if you ever get the chance to view this crazy documentary)). I plugged her book to make up for any imagined or real injury I might have caused, I apologized, explained my little tushy off only to find them making more statements damaging to me. Now, in my heart, I felt this situation was resolved (the best it could be) prior to Mr. Silliman's very public and very libelous statement. Up until now, Mr. Silliman has treated me as a non individual and has never commented directly on anything I had to say. It will be interesting to see if he has the courage or integrity to do so now.
I tend to doubt it though. He isn't what I'd call a "Joe Green".
Joe Green, my long time mentor made some harsh statements regarding Kent Johnson's book and returned after thinking it over and apologized publicly and now the two of them seem to be cohorts. Kent's right hand man contacted me and offered to send me Kent's book, interested in what I might have to say. That was the first time (besides wonderful little Lutheran Kirby Olson who is really quite charming in his ignorance of Islam, I luv him) anyone on that blog treated me as if I wasn't a second class citizen.
I think the way you felt about my misspellings is the same way I feel about adorable Kirby Olson. :)
But no. My biggest fear right now would be to alienate or hurt you, my Filipina Champion. I mean that, my "people" can be that way.
Ha ha...I constantly refer in my word to "my people"..that peculiar tribe I came from called "blue eyed Mexicans".
All my best,
Margaret Ruth Porter aka Meg
I am going to be contacting my good friend Joanne Sayen whose husband is a full partner with Baker and MacKenzie in Riyadh. Joanne is a lawyer who attended Bryn Mawr/George Washington and she might be very interested in what I have to say.
You might remember Baker and MacKenzie for their very notorious case (gender discrimination case lodged against them) regarding an event in which one of their lawyers tossed an M&M down a woman's blouse.
If she doesn't agree to accept the case then I may ask you to do a little footwork to start the proceedings stateside. Now that we are financially more secure, I would be willing and able to go stateside to persue this matter with Mr. Silliman in a court of law as opposed to his ridiculous "conviction" of me in his own kangaroo court where he sits as judge and executioner.
So yes. Someone is going to go down and it isn't going to be me. You can bet your bottom dollar.
Sadly, it is back to business as usual on Silliman's blog. I don't think he has a clue what is brewing outside of his space...
Ah well...you know Grandisima...it's okay. I'm going to let it go. Some things are just that way in the world.
I realized a few things as you can see...no one died. No one lost a child to cancer or drowning over this. No one got murdered but only a bit bloodied. And I gained some very good people in the process...you and one Clifford Duffy whose poem appears down the way a bit. And my sister came to my rescue as is always the case to remind me of who we are as human beings. We are simply observers until it is our turn to suffer through something which we ought to try harder to do with a bit of our dignity intact.
Keep in touch with me please. I'd love to see your writing and will keep whatever you need to be kept private, private. On that you hae my word and my word is iron clad.
:)
Kisses and giant hugs to you.
Salaam wa alaikum wa barakathu.
And Radical, yes. I've done my thinking. I'm good now.
I've actually won. It didn't beat me.
And the desire to cure myself the old fashioned way with a bit o this and bit o that is so far away it can't even be seen anymore.
Al'ham'du'lillah.
Hi, no need to post this if you wish not to, but I wanted to share with you a very beautiful sentiment (note sarcasm) that someone has left in my comment box:
Anonymous said...
Grandisima, you truly are the voice of colonial-minded Flips out there who take pride in their love for sucking white cock. KSP talaga -- Konya Sa Pansin.
***
As you can see, I've been taking a break from the discussions. Been busy at home.
And also, see why it's so important for me to keep my identity hidden? I knew that I would garner many haters by coming to your aid, but I did so anyway because that is what I believed in. If I had revealed who I really was, I can imagine the damage to be irreparable.
But that's the way the world works, right?
It is filled with ignorance.
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