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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
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Subject: Re: What is a yuppie?
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 10:39:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 10:39:16 1985
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[So I said...]
>     ...So stick it in your ear, guy.  (Or in your oyster.)  Or as we
>hippies used to say: Up against the wall motherf----r!
>-- 
>                    *** ***
>JE MAINTIENDRAI   ***** *****
>                 ****** ******  14 Nov 85 [24 Brumaire An CXCIV]
>ken perlow       *****   *****
>(312)979-7753     ** ** ** **
>..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken   *** ***

[Then Oyster said]
>>   At least yuppies aren't hypocrites.  Those're fairly violent
>> words from a self-proclaimed hippie who uses a "peace symbol" in
>> his signature.  To paraphrase a recent net.singles posting: I hold
>> up a general garment, describing a few people I consider tragic,
>> and you see it as tailor made for you.  What can I say?
>> - Joel

>> P.S. Some of my favorite siblings are ex-hippies.  Also, I am old
>> enough to have missed the draft registration of several years ago,
>> but annoyed enough to visibly and vocally protest it.  Lookit that,
>> Martha, a yuppie with a conscience!  What'll they think of next!

Sorry to belabor this, but perhaps I can wrap it up.  Not violent
words, Joel, *exuberant* words.  Exuberant words for exuberant times.
Music to stand the world on its ear by!  Heck, *you're* the violent
one--going by the name "Vicious Oyster".  You too are quick to take
umbrage.  Conscience bothering you?  As to your tailoring skills, the
whole point of my previous reply was that you were making broad and
absurd accusations about an entire class of people (ex-hippies).
I critize your stereotypical notions, so you claim you've hit the mark.
Now *that's* hypocrisy.

Sibling ex-hippies.  Missed the draft but annoyed.  Aha! I see it now--
you're jealous!  Just a couple of years too young.  Damn.  So, what
can you say?  What can I say?  I'm sorry.

One of the essential aspects of the whole hippie "trip" was getting a
rise out of people.  Joel a/k/a Oyster certainly got a rise out of me.
And both his heart and his wit are in the right place, respectively.
So, in the name of Ken Kesey (who I threw the I Ching with once), I
hereby pronounce you, Joel a/k/a Oyster, an *honorary hippie*. 
All power to the people!
-- 
                    *** ***
JE MAINTIENDRAI   ***** *****
                 ****** ******  22 Nov 85 [2 Frimaire An CXCIV]
ken perlow       *****   *****
(312)979-7753     ** ** ** **
..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken   *** ***