Re: The wearing o' the orange

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David Harmon <source@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:57:37 GMT in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
>djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote,
>>He is, but there's a difference between wearing orange for being
>>Protestant and wearing orange to rattle everybody's cage.
>
>Too subtle a difference for me.  I figure that anybody prominently
>wearing orange on March 17 is calling for the subjugation of
>inferior races, notably the Irish, by the British Empire.

And anyone who wears an alligator ****rt is a preppie, and sneers
at the working class. And anyone who wears sneakers is an athlete
and despises those who are out of shape.

I am not Irish. I am not Catholic. I am not Protestant.

I resent people reading motives into my wardrobe. On St. P's day,
if my coat for the weather happens to be green, people will think
I'm wearing it because it's green. Therefore, if I wear anything
green, I'll also wear something orange. Usually, if something I'm
wearing is orange, I'll also wear something green. In any case, I
resent being forced into your damned game.

"Ah, if only we were all heathens so we could live together like
good Christians."