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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (93233)	1/11/2005 11:28:06 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You've got to be kidding. What I dislike is interacting with people who speak like this "BUT YOU TWO that you are the Biggest snob tight @sses on SI...." It's hard to want to talk to people who talk like that. I certainly don't want to talk to people who talk like that. You've called me names on and off for years- did you think that would make you an attractive companion for conversation? If you did think that, you were in error. Btw, although you were straining to find a personal attack in my posts, you have written an obvious, and rather nasty one, in yours.

To: one_less who wrote (93233)	1/11/2005 12:58:15 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." AYN RAND