Melissa wrote:
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Hi Wilf,

On 11 Mar 2005 07:16:42 -0800, you wrote:

Wilko:

Wilf, please do yourself and all of us a favour, and don't go
there... Weiser's views on that issue have been known to RBP for
about a decade, and while he's probably more than happy to repeat
them ad infinitum, you won't gain anything from getting a
monologue like that from him.

Wilf:

OK. Fair enough. Perhaps I'll check the archives and have that
discussion with Scott vicariously.

Indeed, that particular issue seems to be Scott's number one "pet
issue", and it's truly pointless to engage him in any sort of
discussion concerning it, as his ideas on the matter are absolutely
set in stone; even for the sake of discussion. Only those who
actually enjoy endlessly banging their heads against a brick wall
will find anything interesting about discussing "private property"
issues with Scott.

Once Scott "owns" a piece of the earth, you'd best not even try to
breathe the air anywhere near that bit of real estate. If Scott were
to "own" a bit of oceanfront real estate, any boat passing by better
be sure to be out of range of Scott's firepower, and beach combers
best take the inland detour before reaching the "No Tresspassing"
signs on the beach, then only return to the beach after the last "No
Tresspassing" sign is safely behind them.

I think most people, myself included, hold more nuanced views of
"private, personal property", especially when it comes to "owning" a
piece of the earth itself; which is a concept worthy of nuanced
consideration and discussion, but Scott's views on this are anything
but nuanced. I almost wouldn't be surprised if when he dies, he'll
want to have every speck of dirt, rock, and drop of water stuffed
into his coffin with him, because after all, he paid "good ole US
Cash Money" for it! :-)

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Melissa

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Is this the Melissa I have heard from in the past, maybe there are two
of you? Are you on the East or West coast? This sound so vitrolic, and
unlike you, what happened to set you off? TnT