On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 01:09, shane wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 May 2002 00:42, Miark opened a general hailing frequency and 
> transmitted to all open stations:
> 
> > > Hey, (in-the-)Dark, if you are going to rely on the NRA for unbiased
> > > info on guns and the law in Australia, why not go all the way and go
> > > read the Microsoft site for unbiased data on Windows.  You might learn
> > > some real interesting stuff!
> >
> > Were you born this charming, or do you take pills?
> >
> > > I live here.  I don't own a gun.  Don't need to.  Don't want to.  and
> > > what you are citing there has no resonance with anything I've seen,
> > > heard, or read.
> >
> > Well I'm so glad your bias-free comments, so wonderfully grounded in
> > science's purest method--the "resonance" method--have saved us dupes
> > from the lies and deception of the NRA.
> 
> yes, the in the dark comment was poor, but please don't argue with the 
> intelligent half of the message.  pro gun talk from the NRA is about like 
> anti-linux from MS or race relations from neo-nazis.
> 
> i will not voice my gun opinion here more than i have, but both darks 
> opinion (not his NRA stats) as well as brians mean more to me in reflecting 
> the truth than press releases from groups whos aim is to promote/abolish 
> guns.
> 
> .........and try to play nice.
> 
> -- 
> If someone tells you they possess the truth, listen carefully.  If they tell 
> you they possess the *only* truth, run for your life.
> 
> shane

OK - apologies for casting aspersions in my dark colleague's direction. 
My blood temperature tends to rise too fast for my brain to cope with
sometimes.  But what can I say - I'm Australian - we live to piss people
off! ;-)

I'll try to play nice from here on - but don't count on it! :-^

Brian


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