So Chucks says “folks are smart and mostly polite” and then you have to ruin it.
I don’t understand why it takes so little provocation these days to use the **tard word. In this case, just because you disagree with some folks. As I’ve turned 65 recently, I’ve noticed people using that language with senior citizens because they (we?) don’t move fast enough or something. Not to mention it’s insulting to people with mental retardation, to use that very outdated term. Should I not expect civility online anywhere? From: Philip Rankin Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 1:09 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guns etc Especially with all thee libtard views out there today! On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 12:10 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected]> wrote: It is also a great reminder that people in other parts of the country do not necessarily share your views. Also a great reminder that the founders of this country really did know what they were doing. For things to happen in this country you have to AGREE...which is becoming more and more difficult ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck McCown To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:40 AM Subject: [AFMUG] OT Guns etc This has been fun reading. I love this list. Folks are smart and mostly polite and post some pretty well reasoned arguments on both sides of almost any issue. This is all the social media I need. I did want to make a comment about the Illinois FOID card. I was a hostage in a bank robbery back in about 1993 in Quincy Illinois. Once it was over and I got out of the bank, I learned that a co-worker had suffered some kind of stress attack and was in the hospital. That afternoon they were out of beds in some of the areas so that took him to the 5th floor. That is the psych floor. Then, it turned out, anyone that gets admitted to a psych ward in Illinois gets reported to the FOID people. They revoke the FOID card. This guy was a big time hunter. It just about killed him. He got some pretty good press and got some political help. Hot his card back in about 6 weeks. So, if you want to keep your FOID stay out of psych wards! -- Philip J. Rankin Wireless Telecommunications Services PO Box 24 Pittsburg, KS 66762
