From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:21:51 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: KC is an Idiot
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On Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 01:51:05AM -0700, Benjamin Chad Wienke wrote:
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> At 01:00 AM 11/16/97 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:
> >Hmm -- I've been robbed at gunpoint 3 times, pistol-whipped once.  The
> >perpetrators were all minorities; none were ever caught.  Possessing a
> >gun at the time wouldn't have made a positive difference in any of the
> >cases, incidentally.  (I own several guns; I am quite familiar with
> >guns; I no longer really have a use for them, though.)
> 
> I thought Kent was a liberal suckup shill, but now I realize he is
> merely a stupid jackass. Unless Kent walks around in a semipermanent
> state of rectal defilade, having a gun in his posession WOULD have
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Nice phrase.

> made a significant difference in each case. A certain amount of
> situational awareness IS required to have your gun aimed at the
> punk(s) before the punks get the drop on you. Anyone unable to be
> aware of their surroundings deserves whatever they get--natural
> selection removing stupid genes from the pool and all that.

You quite clearly don't know what you are talking about, little boy. 
My Dad got me my first gun when I was around 8, 40 some years ago.  By
the time I was your emotional age (12) I knew that guns weren't toys. 

Say "hi" for us, to Tinkerbell and the rest of the crowd in Nevernever
Land. 

-- 
Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com			the thief he kindly spoke...
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