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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!panix3.panix.com!dannyb From: danny burstein Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: [yasid] shooter at car drivers who "diminished" them Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 11:22:27 +0000 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="18865"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" The recent (alleged) murderer of the two firefighters in Idaho (and injuring others) seems to have a history of social, err, awkwardness. Long chance here but... 1980ish, likely Analog, with a short story about a youth who had issues.. and at the end, when headingg back out into society (don't recall if he was instituionalized) said to his caretaker something like "I'll diminish them right back". And then... the ending was roughly "he murdered a half dozen people on the highway before they shot him down". I very specifically remember the word "diminish". Ring any neurons amongst anyone here? Thanks _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]