Word: quarrels
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...reached the I-Man, he told me he was just trying to be funny, not hurt anyone's feelings. He said TomPaine.com was miffed because it had bought an ad on his show that he wouldn't read because it was too partisan. He nearly convinced me that his quarrel with Nobile wasn't worth writing about...
Parents can't intervene in every kids' quarrel, but neither can they abdicate. They should establish a "no-hitting, no-hurting" rule, so kids will know they are expected to work out their problems peacefully, sometimes with assistance. A parent can be helpful by listening to each side and then framing the problem aloud: "So, I see that you're really mad because..." Depending on the severity of the problem, a parent might then express confidence that the kids can solve it and leave the room...
...marlin-size political symbolism. Last Thursday, when they heard that 216 of their protesting compatriots were rounded up by U.S. federales for occupying the Navy bombing range on the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques, the brothers Rosa jumped into their 38-ft. lobster boat--aptly named Garata, or Quarrel. The two men, each in his 40s, headed for a Navy installation on mainland Puerto Rico. Their mission: to pick up the detained demonstrators who had been removed from Vieques after their arrest. The Rosas wanted to ferry them back to Vieques in proper triumph...
...have no quarrel with people who avoid eating particular or all meats because of religious or moral reasons--vegetarians, Buddhists, et al. For that matter, I'm willing to concede that taste is subjective enough that people may just not like the taste of organ meat. My issue is with those people who pull faces at eating certain parts out of some false notion of intrinsic 'uncleanliness,' and, worse than that, to consider the very act of eating offal beyond their ken, beyond their realm of comprehension. I call this the 'how could you eat those parts?' school of thought...
...course, the tech cult won't do any of these things, and may be rewarded for keeping the faith. Amen. I'm not one to quarrel with the brainwashed. But I sure plan to be standing after the disaster...