January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

ash people for being alcoholics (how do they know this?). Alcoholism is an
illness. Yet, I am now to believe they did not know I was a Black Man. Everyone
knows their style, they manipulate words to attack people. The clinical term for
it is passive aggressiveness. They repulse me.Angelo, I appreciate your
thoughtfulness and fairness on this whole disgusting matter.|
|10/25/05 01:12:12 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|I have just read an interview to
Muhammad Ali' (the former boxer) on an Italiano newspaper in which Ali' said
that one of his biggest regretsis to have betrayed Malcolm X (who was 6'3"
1/2 wilt) when Elijah Muhammad ordered him to. |
|10/25/05 01:20:27 PM|Gerry|Cleveland||same||||9|Not to throw gas on the fire,
but why even use such a word, which draws suspicion in any modern context?
Does it matter if anyone knew or didn't know what some poster's race is? A
lot of people, believe it or not, read here, some out of curiosity, some are too
cautious to post, and sometimes I can't blame them.Was the use of this word
some kind of playground giggle for small minds? Was it meant to offend with some
degree of deniability? Either way, yes or no, is does not say much for the
user, given that someone has clearly been offended by it.This kind of thing
doesn't just bring this room down, it's just plain dumb.We can do better
than this.|
|10/25/05 01:42:04 PM|sheri coolbaugh|Paso
Robles||lizardluver@hotmail.com||||10|are you guys fighting again? HA. isn't
that what keeps us all in line? i believe a little bit of challenge keeps the
mind going. it gets us to think critically about are beliefs. try to keep an
open mind of what the author wrote and not just who they are. you may or may not
like them but do you really hear what they are saying. you may find your selves
stunned at the insight they may offer you. my mom, brenda quarry, and i use to
banter back and forth on a lot of stuff. kept us both thinking just pushing are
own limits to see what more we can learn from one another. if you close your
ears or in this case eyes you may miss something really good. it has been
just over a year sense she died. i sure do miss are "fights". i know she love to
read your comments and arguments. why because it kept her thinking. have a great
day everyone. and keep up the challange.sheri|
|10/25/05 02:28:57 PM|Kent|Murrieta, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Noam and
everybody else, it is in the best interest for all of us to bury the hatchet and
stop this bickering. I am just repeating what our hosts and Jerry's son,
Jonathan have asked us to do, stop fighting and if I was a bit blunt, I am sorry
for that but I could think of no other way to get people's attention than to
say, stop it now as we are lucky to have this forum.I do really believe
this recent race issue was just a misunderstanding but there were other ill
feelings seperate from it that have recently been present and this needs to
stop, all of it, in honor of our host. |
|10/25/05 02:31:18 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Sheri:
Thank you for an enlightening post. It's true that debate challenges the mind
and keeps our insights fresh. I'm not comfortable when the arguments take on a
personal tone---and nasty comments are made about the authors---the comments
maybe should be limited to the writings, and not the writers. But I agree with
you that some friction and debate are good for the soul. I used to do the same
thing with my late parents, and I think at the end of the day, we all loved it.
I bet you and your Mom had an amazing relationship. There are some very
intelligent people contributing to the banter on this message board every day.
I sure love to read all the comments, even if I don't agree with them.Long
live the "fighting" spirit of the Quarry clan, even if it's just verbal
sparring!!! |
|10/25/05 03:05:09 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|Thanks, Sheri. I'm just mad because
Pete is cooler than I am.|
|10/25/05 03:40:33 PM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|There was a time when
this place was special. That time has passed, I'm sure the Quarry's know it as