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I think we've been insulted....




Poster: James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>

This has caused a bit of fuss on the Calontir list....

>Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:27:10 -0600
>From: Robert Lauderdale <chidiock@POSTOFFICE.WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>Subject: I think we've been insulted....
>To: CALONTIR@crcvms.unl.edu
>
>On the last episode of Cupid, there is a scene set in a bookstore.  An
>elderly woman is looking for a computer game for her grandson, and she is
>entirely naive about the name, description, IBM/MAC distinction, etc.  The
>clerk is rude and patronising.
>
>Another patron calls him on his attitude, and says she is going to report
>him to the store manager.  He insults her as she leaves. She turns around
>and says that if he is still working there tomorrow she is going to post
>his name and address on the internet to the NAMBLA (North American Man-Boy
>Love Association), Jehovah's Witnesses, one or two other organizations of
>similar ilk, and The Society For Creative Anachronism.
>
>You know, they say any publicity is good publicity....
>
>Chidiock



Laird Alasdair mac Iain of Elderslie
Dun an Leomhain Bhig
Canton of Dragon's Aerie [southeastern CT]
Barony Beyond the Mountain  [northern & southeastern CT]
East Kingdom
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