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[trice]

Originally Posted by battalion

Is another part of the job to refer to people as lost causers?
(Not just myself...but many others)

Originally Posted by trice

I don't know, but why does that bother you? It was Southerners who invented the term, and it is associated with a specific group of ex-Confederates/Southerners over the decades. Is that how you consider yourself, as one of them?

Originally Posted by Battalion

Oh, wow...you mean it's a compliment?[/sarcasm]

It was once. But, to repeat, why does that bother you? Please explain what your problem is here, clearly and directly, in your own words.

Tim