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From: Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: RE: Re: bike path news
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:11:35 -0400
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On 3/11/2025 11:09 AM, cyclintom wrote:
> On Mon Mar 10 19:15:33 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
>> On 3/10/2025 2:42 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>
>>> I have carried a pocket knife since I was a child. Never sliced or
>>> stabbed anyone but yet I carry it anyway.
>> Same here. I also carry a comb and a handkerchief. But it's pretty silly
>> to pretend that the motivation for those things is the same as the
>> motivation for carrying a gun.
>>
>> The handkerchief is handy for blowing my nose or mopping my brow. The
>> pocketknife is handy for opening packages, cutting string, sharpening
>> pencils, etc. The comb is for combing my hair. I use all three every day.
>>
>> The gun is handy for killing, or threatening to kill someone, because
>> you're afraid of them. AFAICT only one person here is that fearful, and
>> AFAICT that person has never once used the gun for its intended purpose.
>>
>> I'm reminded of the joke about the guy who walked around snapping his
>> fingers all the time.
>>
>> "Why do you keep snapping your fingers??"
>>
>> "It keeps the elephants away."
>>
>> "That's nuts. There are no elephants anywhere around here!"
>>
>> "See? It works!!"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Frank, if I was in front of you right now, you would be so frightened that you would start crying. Your means of protection is to buy a home in an all-white neighborhood and hope you have safety in numbers.

Hey! It's tommy tough guy!


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