Again to Petcies:
Now do you see why I love Ken Wolman?
Frisky
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From: "Ken Wolman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: TO MY DEAR PETCIES: an explanation
> judy prince wrote:
>
>>My dear Petcies:
>>
>>Now I know better the nature of deceit---not thoroughly, but from the role
>>of a deceiver, a role I've always held in the cruelest contempt. Some of
>>you, unknowingly, have participated today in an (originally unintended by
>>me) interactive play.
>>
> It may be a sign of my gullibility (do I hope never to entirely lose
> this?) that Judy's mask of Goth did not disturb me. I know damn well she
> is not a kid, but who is to say what is or is not appropriate attire for
> someone with grandkids? Hang out in Manhattan's weirdly-named
> neighborhoods (SoHo, Tribeca or Dumbo) for two hours and you will see
> stranger phenomena than a middle-aged woman made up to look like the
> electrical department in Home Depot. And why can't a retiree have a
> part-time job? Makes sense to me. Pure retirement for some people is a
> ticket to boredom and Alzheimer's.
>
> And I'm sorry to say this, but corrupt teachers are part of the real world
> landscape: elementary, secondary, university. Some of them may even teach
> writing. Ever since my high school Dean of Boys, Gerald Oglio, accused me
> of doctoring my schedule card, I've assumed that at least half the
> teachers I've met have the disposition of Bad Cop in the back of the
> precinct and got into their business because Gitmo hadn't been opened yet.
> Very little surprises me in a teacher: grace and decency in some, and
> false accusations in others.
>
> Yes, it was deceit, but probably she could have brought it off if she
> hadn't been essentially honest. Honest people should not try to sling
> manure because they have consciences. Kind of like Laertes getting knifed
> with his own poisoned sword. Real creepazoids can and will hide
> inconvenient truths. "Oh...did I forget to tell you I'm married? You
> were awesome. Now put your clothes back on." "I really wanna work in
> this daycare center. Oh. That five years off my resume? Uh...I guess I
> forgot to say I did time for child molestation." But Judy owned what she
> did. As far as I can tell, her conscience got the better (really) of her.
> And it was not ultimately damaging to anyone, but it sure as hell made me
> look at some of the daily deceptions I practice even when I'm trying not
> to.
>
> Remarkable that several of us on this list, present and former, have done
> what was interpreted as sticking our feet in that pile of manure. The
> precipitating episode can be almost anything. However, people here at
> least are remarkably forgiving.
>
> Ken's Shadow
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