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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300
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On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> 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-)

Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.