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From: bill@persci.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan's response to hijackers
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 14:52:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  1 14:52:03 1985
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>> > My prediction of the next Reagan ultimatum:
>> >    [...senseless statements...]
>> > |  [ O-O ]  |    Todd Jones
>> That would make lots of sense.  How about this reply to a mugger: "If you
>> rob me, I'm going to go home and beat my wife."  Makes about as much sense
>> as telling a Shiite that you're going to overthrow a Communist country.
>>             Colin Rafferty { Math Department, Carnegie-Mellon University }
>Colin, that doesn't make any sense! that would be like me detonating
>a nuclear device because my officemate refused to return a pencil he 
>borrowed.

Ahem. I think that that's the point Colin was making. The original statement
was senseless, and trying to place stupid remarks like that in some else's
mouth only makes you look dumb.
-- 
Bill Swan 	{ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill