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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: more stupidity
Summary: what???
Message-ID: <18683@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 2 Nov 90 19:59:51 GMT
References: <1990Oct29.175540.23987@uncecs.edu> <1990Nov2.135633.23345@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Followup-To: misc.test
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin TX
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In article <1990Nov2.135633.23345@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, hes@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer) writes:
>   This appears to be a threat - it may be based on asking people
> not to say things which would hurt two people, but it still is 
> a threatening people who want to discuss a given topic.

how are you being threatened?  webster's says a threat is "an
expression or intention to do harm".  i'm not going to harm
you, i'm going to be nice to you and ask you to exercise some
self restraint.  see - i'm being NICE.  i'm ASKING, not telling.

you, being a silly little college child, don't understand
the difference between a threat and being nice.  a threat
would be "gee, i'm going to sue you".  now, can you find
anyplace where i said i was going to sue you?  no.  of
course not, because that would be stupid and a waste of
my time.  can you find someplace where i politely asked
you to exercise self restraint.  of course you can, because
i'm being nice to you and asking you to shut the f*ck up
about things which don't concern you.
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