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To: JohnM who wrote (97641)	5/8/2003 4:40:02 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You fail to see a problem with this? aren't there peasants somewhere you could be napalming? "Just disagreement of the usual vigorous sort" includes that? It's FADG jail stuff - it's debased and insulting. I suppose it's possible to make it more personal but I don't see how. UW was so enraged he posted a PM from Raymond Duray, (who never thought of an insult or fantasy he could not transmit), who was banned from this thread ages ago. It's far beyond "discussion" when someone calls you a war criminal. What's to talk about? There isn't room for discussion, is there? UW's response: "Ray, lets get together for coffee and discuss this." Hilarious! But no, somehow you turn this into a threat. So where is the promise of physical assault, guns, and grenades, etc? He didn't threaten anyone. UW was far too subtle in his reply to RD and far too open in his opinion of RD. He tells Marcos to go to hell, he wants to spit on him, and Marcos tells him to go and napalm peasants. So UW gets 2 weeks for expressing contempt and Marcos does not. Nice. Strong feelings are OK so long as they're PC, eh?

To: JohnM who wrote (97641)	5/8/2003 4:57:16 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

uw actually threatened a poster, two by some counts. I don't see that in marcos' posts. Oh, what baloney, John. Unk's alleged, and I do mean alleged, cyber "threats" fall into the sticks and stones but not words variety. Even marcos wants to continue the dialogue with him. If the recipient of the harsh message is not offended, I don't think there should be an infraction. Or noise from the peanut gallery. I don't condone these alleged "threats", but I refuse to overdramatize them for political effect, either. You'll have a little more credibility with me on this issue when you complain about your compadres on the left who routinely are in violation of our rules. Until then, all I can hear is the sound of your ax being ground.