Gene Kearns wrote:
On 2 Dec 2006 06:55:46 -0800, basskisser penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


You stupid idiot!!!!! You just CAN'T get it right, can you? I NEVER,
EVER said the earth was 6000 years old. You can't possibly be that
senile.......can you?

If you teach Karate, if you are a black belt, then what do you teach
your students about self control? Do you teach them to never walk
away, but hold your ground and kick ass no matter how trivial the
confrontation.... even if just walking away would be infinitely
simpler?

Take a deep breath and a few steps back. See if you are handling these
words in a way that you would like your students to handle them.

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Restraint only works to a point. And, of course, rec.boats isn't real
life Karate.