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From: swatt@ittvax.UUCP (Alan S. Watt)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Nuclear Moonies
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Date: Tue, 6-Sep-83 11:13:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  6 11:13:58 1983
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Regarding obnoxious people who solicit you in airports:

  I actually don't mind people whose approach is "would you like
  to donate to ..."; I just say "no" and that generally ends it.

  I really dislike people who instead say "Here have this wonderful
  {flower,book,button,...} just because we like you so much.  Now
  wouldn't you like to help us carry on our important efforts to ...".
  Again, I have just learned to say "no", but it is a bit more difficult;
  they tend to act like you *owe* it to them.

Therefore one of my favorite scenes from "Airplane" was when Robert Stack
entered the airport and was accosted by various such groups and simply
used chop-socky (see recent Joe Bob review) on them.  Sort of a parody
on all the Bruce Lee fight scenes.  I suspect it is every air traveler's
secret fantasy.

	- Alan S. Watt