Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Carnegie Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah. Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 05:54:12 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <61400213-87da-5d08-817f-49bd394d13c2@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:54:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1efdab33337989877e07b05f4b0f442e"; logging-data="3940747"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191cVkCQeGdC9odr4HJuZ6vVws7qzzKg5Y=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:dY6JBTIVrDeSrcW4mv/kEZ2JkbI= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2420 On 09/08/2024 21:00, William Hyde wrote: > Paul S Person wrote: > >> >> And we still don't know why some kid tried to assassinate Trump. And >> without knowing /that/ we can't say what form of wing-nuttery he was >> expressing, and how many others share it. > > If, indeed, there was any reason at all. > > The assassin of Elizabeth of Austria killed her because he didn't have > the train fare to get close to anyone else whose death would make the news. > > If that rally had been held elsewhere, the would-be assassin might now > be in the news for shooting the local mayor. > > Or not, of course. > > William Hyde Donald Trump has sworn to hold another rally at the same venue. I wonder if he will, because I gather that most places he's gone to be celebrated, he hasn't paid the bill for the event. That gets you not asked back. I am excited that the Secret Service are going to seal Mr Trump in a bulletproof and airtight box for any such occasion henceforth, but part of this may be my wishful thinking.