“”"”"Edward:
Wow Roderick, thank you so much for setting me straight.”"”"”"
Yeah, Yeah, “Edward,” Boo Hoo. Sure I took your remarks “out of context,” but you did the same with mine. Besides, others have remarked about your “creepy stuff” remarks. You misspoke, you are not a “pedophile,” but you misspoke, and others (such as me) reacted to your poor choice of words on that particular post. And I see that — from your subsequent posts — you still insist on “pouting” about the “pouting” Americans. I enjoyed all the gymnansts, I cheered them all on, and I’ll bet you did too, but haven’t chosen to say so because of your fixation with American “brats” versus Chinese “young ladies.” Oh, by the way, the American girls overall got more medals than the Chinese girls, ddespite being frequently short-changed on the scoring. A Chinese girl can fall on her knees in a vault and get a bronze medal. An American girl can just about stick the landing on hers and be out of the running. Go figure. I might be inclined to “pout” if I knew the judges were apparently incompetent boobs initimidated by the host country.
Also, I reacted strongly to your unintentionally creepy remarks about “beautiful” Chinese girls vs. American “cows” because one issue that young women deal with these days is the pressure to be unnaturally and unhealthily thin. For a number of years this was an especially insidious problem in women’s gymnastics. The Chinese girls are very skinny, with almost no muscle. IF they had actually been of the ages officially stated (which they sure as hell are not), then they would be aneroxic little midgets. The reason they are spindly as well as tiny is because they are still barely-pubescent children who are at least 2 years younger than the Chinese officials claim. Period. Calling healthy, solidly-built young women “cows” and spindly pre-adolescent midgets “beautiful” and “ladylike” was like putting a red flag in front a bull, with me being the bull.
Sorry, Edward, but because of your initial choice of words under the circumstances and context, you became a convenient target for my venting. Naturally, I fully expected an acerbic response from you and got one. We roll with the punches.
