-=> RICHARD SMITH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 -> There are some who vie for power and others that seek to be led
 -> by the nose.
 -> My canine for instance is a Pit Bull and he *requires* me to be
 -> the dominent leader or he's unhapppy becoming confused about
 -> the household hierarchy and mopes.
 -> To this day I require the dog to go promptly through a series of
 -> commands once a month for several minutes in order he not get
 -> confused about who's in charge and becoming potentially dangerous.
 -> In the hands of another the very same dog very well could be
 -> made lethally dangerous.

 RS> Did you read the recent bit about the guy that was bit by his own
 RS> sharpei.  He got pissed off, called his wife at work and told her the
 RS> dog bit him, and said he was going to kill the dog.  After the call he
 RS> started to beat the dog to death . . . with the stock of a shotgun.
 
I heard _pistol_ several places.
If the dude chose to pistol whip the doog I presume the
animal was mistreated from the get go and the ignorant 
owner got what he deserved for a change instead of some innocent kid.
 
 RS> Big bang.  Police show up, find dead dog owner, very well bitten with a
 RS> huge hole in his abdomen, and a living dog.  Pity is that he probably
 RS> spread his genes before putting himself up for the Darwin Awards.
 RS> Still, I love the irony.

 -> IMHO *any* institution that gets too much
 -> power becomes homicidally dangerous be it government or the church.
 -> Power to the people!!! Well distributed that is and not in the hands of
 -> a few. To many sheeple, too many lunatic alpha males about,
 -> what we need is a system to balance things out a bit.

 RS> We've needed it for a bit.  However, we are hard-pressed to come up
 RS> with anything that works for very long that isn't tainted in some way.
 RS> Sigh.  We may have to muddle through with what we have now.  I'm open
 RS> to suggestions, though.

 I've very recently and after researching their position and
 long deliberation swithched to the Libertarian party.
 Not really a solution any time soon as they''ve no power
 base at the national level.
 
 -> I wanted to believe in an ideal society or deity when I was a very
 -> young child but by the time I was 12 I was seriously cynical
 -> about both.
 -> Since then I've tried very hard to base my opinions on facts and not
 -> idle speculations.

 RS> Truth should always be based on fact, I think.  I find it better that
 RS> way, at any rate.  I have an offspring that I'm bringing up.  Very
 RS> smart kid.  Is consistenly annoyed and amazed that the bulk of the
 RS> population appears to be much dumber.  
 
I felt this way as well, the sheeple.

 RS> Wants to know how I put up with
 RS> it.  I just shrug.  What can you do?  The funny mentalists are out
 RS> there, there's nothing we can do about it.  I love people, but I think
 RS> even a few of them are a waste of space.  At least I don't act on it.
 RS> It's small consolation, but all mine.

I care for a very small number of people I've come to know and trust
and don't bother myself with the rest.
I used to let the ???holes get me riled up.
 
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