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From: rsk@pucc-j (Wombat)
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Subject: Re: Why does everyone want to leave this planet?
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Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 23:16:20 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 16 23:16:20 1986
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In article <2960@ut-ngp.UUCP> cgeiger@ut-ngp.UUCP (Charles S. Geiger, Esq.) writes:
>Well, why?  While I am very interested in astronomy and all that
>sort of thing, I don't understand why anyone would want to
>permanently migrate to another planet.  There's just so much *here*
>to see and learn, certainly enough to last a lifetime!  Most
>importantly, this is our home.
>
>Frankly, I hope all of you gung-ho types will get the opportunity
>to leave and will take advantage of it.  That way all the
>exploiters, conquerors, or, to be charitable, "adventurous" types
>(what's so unadventurous about staying here and learning about your
>own planet?) will leave, and I can be at peace here.
>
>charles s. geiger
>just a wage slave

Your signature matches the tone of your article: no hope for the future.

Flamage...

I'm so incredibly exasperated at your total ignorance, your utter lack of
spirit and drive, and your blindness to the limits imposed by this planet,
that I don't think I can compose the point-by-point response required to
adequately toast you to a crisp.  This will have to do.

End Flamage...

The meek will inheirit the earth, or what's left of it;
the rest of us, the universe.
-- 
Rich Kulawiec  pucc-j!rsk or rsk@asc.purdue.edu