tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post3984147147955462223..comments2024-03-02T03:29:09.759-05:00Comments on SerandEz and Friends: Don't AssumeEzziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-24767632029207343562008-03-20T19:08:00.000-04:002008-03-20T19:08:00.000-04:00Anon - What?!Anon - What?!Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-42045655448059911252008-03-20T18:04:00.000-04:002008-03-20T18:04:00.000-04:00What I want to know is who hung this up on the Ner...What I want to know is who hung this up on the Ner bulletin board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-53065098536543190532008-03-19T12:28:00.000-04:002008-03-19T12:28:00.000-04:00Ezzie, it's not a question of what people are assu...Ezzie, it's not a question of what people are assuming. It's a question of facts. <BR/><BR/>Most Israelis, including my sons, are raised with the expectation that they will go to the army and do their part -- risking their lives--to defend our country and our people. But others consider themselves exempt.<BR/><BR/>How much those young men learn and pray for the soldiers is not the point. <BR/><BR/>This post upset me.mother in israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715046177293916034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-4646180505202638772008-03-18T11:03:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:03:00.000-04:00I see.So basically you have a history of having he...I see.<BR/><BR/>So basically you have a history of having held the following conversations:<BR/><BR/>You: Why do you say that?<BR/>Ploni: Bec. it's true?<BR/>You: Says who, you're just assuming.<BR/>Ploni: Yes, I knowingly made that statement based on nothing but a self created assumption.<BR/><BR/>...and even if, so then you can only cast the asspersion of assumptiveness on said assumer when they have outrightly addmitted to said assumptions.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to assume that is a rather small group of people.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-44930091404781262232008-03-18T10:56:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:56:00.000-04:00Very well put. ThanksVery well put. ThanksLittleBirdieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532161424217457972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-22171032342408871612008-03-17T18:03:00.000-04:002008-03-17T18:03:00.000-04:00GW - :D From you, wow!GW - :D From you, wow!Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-90083833248937388102008-03-17T17:56:00.001-04:002008-03-17T17:56:00.001-04:00I do not assume that people assume, rather I have ...I do not assume that people assume, rather I have heard people assume firsthand and know that their assumptions are assumptions and no more - they are not not assuming that people assume because they heard people say so. So therefore, I am not assuming that people assume simply because I assume, because I do not assume that people assume, I know that people assume.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-25238702050520656522008-03-17T17:56:00.000-04:002008-03-17T17:56:00.000-04:00...oh yeah, and I second the motion on having no p......oh yeah, and I second the motion on having no patience for cryers.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-33945320426506726252008-03-17T17:51:00.000-04:002008-03-17T17:51:00.000-04:00Why do you assume that people assume, unless you y...Why do you assume that people assume, unless you yourself assume and therefore assume that just as you assume so to everybody else must also assume.<BR/><BR/>--damn, I should have been a lawyer...or maybe a politician.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-48873571230003756992008-03-17T15:03:00.000-04:002008-03-17T15:03:00.000-04:00I think one of your best posts. And that it came d...I think one of your best posts. And that it came during tax season meakes it all the more impressive!!<BR/>Guess WhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-81188601218241647962008-03-17T13:12:00.000-04:002008-03-17T13:12:00.000-04:00double z- awesome!(couldnt find u on gchat last ni...double z- awesome!<BR/>(couldnt find u on gchat last night to tell you in person)<BR/>-a2rbtznhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299085943772602695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-66440186538629213122008-03-17T09:23:00.000-04:002008-03-17T09:23:00.000-04:00Anon II - I have never found that to be the case o...Anon II - I have never found that to be the case of someone who is truly drunk. If you know the person involved, you'd never say such a thing.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-42511491395367755632008-03-17T01:32:00.000-04:002008-03-17T01:32:00.000-04:00I cannot stand tearful drunks.You know why some pe...I cannot stand tearful drunks.<BR/><BR/>You know why some people cry when they are drunk?<BR/><BR/>It is because they know that their feelings/reasonings/explanations/fears/promises etc. ring hollow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-84540762522331582162008-03-16T18:35:00.000-04:002008-03-16T18:35:00.000-04:00Wow...what a beautiful essay. I know your cousin a...Wow...what a beautiful essay. I know your cousin and have met some of his children and what a great bunch they are! But for a nineteen-year-old bochur....for a nineteen-year-old of any stripe!...to be crying over this is astounding. I wish I could cry, and care, like him. Thank you for the story, and thank you for the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-16281640756218795872008-03-16T12:04:00.000-04:002008-03-16T12:04:00.000-04:00Wow...this is a really, really beautiful story. T...Wow...this is a really, really beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it, Ezzie. It's a message we should all remember.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.com