Re: Wow!

["Sue Hovey" <suehovey@moscow.com>]

Stewart, I hate to lose anyone's respect.  I always told my students, "I
give you my respect--you don't have to earn it, but that doesn't mean you
can't lose it.  However you will never lose it for what you think, or even
say--but for what you do or don't do."  People can disagree in a respectful
way.  I try to do that.   I guess I would say that if my thoughts on the
Clinton impeachment caused you to lose your respect for me, there is
nothing I can or would do about that, for I feel as passionately about what
I said as you obviously do about this message.  I am sure others on this
list serve agree with your observations about the events of the past few
weeks but I feel fortunate that none of them wrote to tell me my opinions
make me unworthy of their respect.  (Actually had you ever met me, you'd
have probably recognized my liberal bent and the issue of respect at this
point would never have come up.)

Sue 

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> From: Stewart Schell <sschell@uidaho.edu>
> To: suehovey@moscow.com
> Subject: Wow!
> Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 8:26 AM
> 
> I have never met you but have heard much about you. I have had lots of
> respect for you but I think that ends here. I am definitedly a senior
> citizen but at least I can see what this irresponsible president is doing
> to our country.
> 
> The paper today (liberal, of course) states that both defendants and
> accusers agree to all of the impeachable offenses. This case has really
> affected my life as it appears that our current generation (middle-aged
> hippies?) do not know right from wrong. Unfortunately it has
> absolutely nothing to do with sex. After our country is flushed down
> the toilet from the follies of the Clintons maybe they will understand,
> but I doubt it. 
> 
> Dorothy from Kansas
> 
> ***"Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore."***