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by TheJaffe
Fri May 10, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: Non-athletics
Topic: It has come to this - Camelot is Gone
Replies: 88
Views: 22605

Re: It has come to this - Camelot is Gone

people can choose to be victors or they can choose to be victims. As I say to every hungry 4-year-old I encounter: "Looks like someone is choosing to be a victim today. Do we want to maybe make a better choice? ... Yeah? Then let's try choosing victory instead." Having successfully converted yet an...
by TheJaffe
Thu May 02, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: Non-athletics
Topic: It has come to this - Camelot is Gone
Replies: 88
Views: 22605

Re: It has come to this - Camelot is Gone

There seems to be the notion that anything short of 100% approval of everything the Likud party does is tantamount to anti-Semitism. I agree with US efforts at humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza while despising Hamas. Call me what you wish. I 100% agree with this. Not that these are in any way ...
by TheJaffe
Thu May 02, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Non-athletics
Topic: It has come to this - Camelot is Gone
Replies: 88
Views: 22605

Re: It has come to this - Camelot is Gone

At the risk of continuing a discussion that, in my opinion, has run pretty far afield from the original topic: I note an absence of comment here regarding rising antisemitism on campuses today. Has that bypassed Davidson? I started worrying about rising antisemitism on campuses when I saw tiki-torch...
by TheJaffe
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Up next: at ETSU
Replies: 55
Views: 20875

Re: Up next: at ETSU

I believe that DeChelis pulled him after he got a technical foul in an encounter with a Davidson player (Matt, I'm pretty sure). As a player, Matt was the Michelangelo of provoking opponents in subtle and nearly invisible ways, and getting under their skin to decrease their effectiveness. A handful...