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From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:44:04 +1100
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On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
> On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
>> D wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug
>>>>> users on the street.
>>>>
>>>> Parts of it, yes.
>>>>
>>>> I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
>>>> vagrants.
>>>>
>>>> This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a
>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county.  Somebody else's problem.
>>>
>>> Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the
>>> problem! =)
>>
>> So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
> 
> Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini level.

Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony.

Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a 
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an 
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.  :-)

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)