--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What risk would that be? > >He lives in the DC area. > > With all those security measures in place, and with all that military > hardware in position around DC, it is probably one of the safest urban > areas in the country right now...
First question for you - do they have to irradiate the mail in your office because several people in *your* city have _died_ from anthrax? Didn't think so. Second question for you - has a terrorist ever tried to fly a jetliner into a building two blocks down the street from you, and the on the lawns of which you recently enjoyed a picnic lunch during your lunch break from work? That's what I thought. Third question for you, if a terrorist had a nuclear bomb where would the terrorist list my city of work and your city of work as a potential target. Uh huh. Fourth question for you, if a terrorist had a radiological, chemical, or biological weapon, where would the terrorist rate my list of work and your place of work as potential targets? Keep in mind that I walk through Washington DC's Union Station on my way to work each day. Yup. Sure thing, Mac. Given all of that, if you have an ounce of compassion in you, you'll understand that I am telling the truth when I say that even my own parents have told me that I should seriously consider quitting my job, because they are genuinely worried that I could die on any day... and that I had to tell them, "No, I am not quitting, because I love my city, and I love my country, and I'm not leaving because that would be letting the terrorists win - and that's the end of that discussion." So, look right here you sanctimonious son-of-a-bitch, I don't need you belittling the very real risks I take each day. I do not need your criticism of my choice to pass up jobs that could possibly pay me 25%-50% more than I am earning right now, while working in some town international terrorists have probably never heard of, because I find myself motivated to perform some sort of public service with my life to make this world a better place. You don't know my mind, and you don't know how prepared I am to die, should the unthinkable happen, simply because I am an employee of the greatest country in the history of civilization, the United States of America. Still, its no wonder that you oppose this war, because any asshole like yourself that could possibly believe that he is at more of a risk on some military base in the Netherlands than in the capitol of the free world must have been asleep on September 11th and is pretty clueless to boot. Anyhow, my insults aside, I recognize very well that you could not have written something so stupid unless you are either a moron or else intentionally trying to flame-bait me. And, I recognize, that I am now giving you *exactly* what you wanted. So, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Jeroen - quote the Etiquette Guidelines to me one more time! Who knows, maybe if you flame-bait me one more time, you might even get me moderated? Some people flame-bait by dropping f-bombs, and some people, like you, flame-bait by posting the ridiculous and insulting with a veneer of seriousness clothed in a sheep's-clothing of far-left- liberalism. I have hopes that someday everyone else on this List will realize that you post your ridiculous notions like this just to get everyone's goat, and maybe we can all devote more of our attentions to those great discussions we have on here that seem to enlighten us all. Well, I can hope. Anyhow, this was fun while it lasted, but I realize it is now time for me to boycott you again - since you remain fundamentally unserious about these discussions - and you are now succeeding once again in getting my goat. Bye, bye. JDG P.S. The Netherlands is still a republic! ;-) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
