BK>>>>  Why do you think providing information is the same as providing
 BK>>>>  a weapon? That is toxic thinking. It reveals more about the
 BK>>>>  speaker than the object of the speech.

 RC>>> Would you have sent a reproduction of your DD214 to anyone
 RC>>> in Fido?

 BK>>  You still did not answer the question. Why is revealing
 BK>>  information the same as providing a weapon in your thinking?


 RC> Because the written message forum, be it here on Fidonet,
 ...

 RC> For example, your writing style as in what you say, how you
 RC> say it and what your politics are, are infuriating, I tend
 RC> to view you with that in mind and think that you are
 RC> hardheaded, obtuse or whatever. However in person or via

 Not at all. Just right.

 RC> voice, I am most certain that this perception is less
 RC> accurate.

 You may well be wrong.

 If I went deeply into my beliefs on these subjects you might
 well be even more infuriated. As a small sample, I really do
 believe Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Feith and the rest of the
 Cabal that got us into Iraq should stand trial on 4000 counts of
 murder in the death of the US military who died there. Then turn
 them over to our allies who had people who died there.

 They really should.

 RC> You will disagree with my assessment of the method of
 RC> communication being the poorest venue, because disagreeing
 RC> with everyone is what you do best.. ;-) (again an observed
 RC> perception in this particular venue)

 I am not even sure of what you are saying. Nor do I see the
 point of the method of communication on this issue.

 RC> What you deem as most desirable is that everything be as
 RC> portrayed in Mister Roger's neighborhood and that everyone
 RC> vote hyphen-d.

 Which is so obviously unrelated to the point in question as to
 be an obvious diversion and distraction. You do that a lot.

 BTW, I do not want everything as it is in Mr. Roger's
 neighborhood. What in the world would we do with a train or a
 castle scaled to people about 4 inches tall?

 RC> What Sauer (and W.C.) have done is provide information that
 RC> can be used against them, in many causes some not very
 RC> plausible, in Sauers case, he revealed his real first name
 RC> and then reveals his own discomfort with it.

 You are stalling.

 RC> By extension, thy prey provided the buttons to press and
 RC> identified the precise buttons to push.

 RC> *If* Sauer had not told anyone:

 RC> 1. His real first name
 RC> 2. That he is on welfare
 RC> 3. That he quit the USAF

 RC> Among other things..

 RC> He would not have *ever* received the grief he has, as
 RC> pertaining to the buttons he provided.

 That has zero effect on the fact that *YOU* consider revealing
 that information as providing a weapon. I know enough about you
 to do much the same to you.

 RC> Human nature is what it is Bob, and life isnt Mister Rogers
 RC> neighborhood.

 Which does not explain why *YOU* act the way you do.

 RC>>> Sauer did.

 BK>>  Mine is on my website. Not linked, but there.

 RC> Whatever for?

 So, if I chose, I can give the URL to someone to prove I did
 serve.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... Can we yell *"FACT!"* in a room full of Fundies?
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