Material breech

[Jim Hurley]

>
>Message: 8
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:14:43 -0800
>Subject: Re: Serendipity Library Update 20030123
>From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>
>>>  Freedom's just an other word for "nothin'
>>>  left to lose"
>>
>>  Kris Kristofferson
>
>just having musical buzzwords in the archives
>is a beacon to extremists.
>
>
>Sorry, couldn't resist the opportunity for a little levity.
>
>FWIW, I'm not the oldest person here, but neither am I the youngest.  The
>current events that have bled over into this list are potentially the most
>significant world events in my lifetime.   Emotions run high when we lose
>3,000 lives in under an hour, and as we grapple with the best path to avoid
>such horrors in the future it's understandable that we may sometimes forget
>to employ the polite compartmentalization that allows us to get through the
>day to day.  Every list I'm on is affected by this momentous decision of
>whether to alter the course of history by introducing the principle of
>preemption.


Richard,

Thank you for your thoughts. As always, words of wisdom.

But I too cannot  resist a little levity. I recently came across a 
letter to  the local paper characterizing a "preemptive strike" as a 
"proactive strike."

But to be less than serious, I can envisage an 
Abbot-and-Costello-like movie scene in which Costello bends over to 
rip the seat of his pants, inspiring Abbot to respond with a 
preemptive strike over this material breech.

Jim

>Our very lives may be at stake, and certainly the economic
>climate in which we produce software.  While I agree that this list is best
>served by sticking to its charter, I would not advocate exacerbating the
>emotions through debate or derision in this venue.
>
>People use signature lines for all manner of purposes, and arguably my
>purely commercial use is among the most crass (though perhaps less so than
>the 40-line legal disclaimers some corporate email servers tack on to
>outgoing messages <g>).  If you don't agree with a sigline, or don't like
>WebMerge, the most meaningful dialog can be had with a private email to the
>author.
>
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>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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