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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:53:28 -0800
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

>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.=A0 Somebody else's =
problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the
>>>>> problem! =3D)
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>=20
>> Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick =
pony.
>>=20
>> 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.=A0 :-)
>>=20
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0Cheers,
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Gary=A0=A0=A0 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.

Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"