On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
And I'm not sure I agree that WE are providing the rope to the ropers. It seems rather that the ropers are taking the rope while everyone else stands by without objection, blinded by tears, anger and fear.
I find the difference here to be semantic only. We, all of us who have not yet yielded to Tim's "killing spree" (and I suspect this includes Tim himself), who are standing by and watching as the rope slithers past us at an ever increasing rate of speed, are quite literally "providing the rope". Sucks to be us, huh? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------