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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:31:26 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek at lpieniazek@mercator.com wrote:
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> I'm not James, of course, but I was warned about being in downtown Seattle (
> by the fish market, the area where the monorail lets out, etc) late at
> night. I happened to *be* downtown late at night soon after, and there were
> a lot of people selling access to various victimless crimes, some of whom
> I'd rather my daughter wouldn't propose as a potential suitor, but mostly
> harmless in appearance. Still, I did feel a bit less safe and did keep my
> eyes about me, did move with purpose, did avoid gawking, all the stuff that
> they say to do.
Oh, sure, there's that stuff later in the evening. All in all, however,
Seattle is one of the safer cities in my experience.
LMK next time you're in town. Maybe you can stop by a SEALUG meeting.
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> I happened to strike up a conversation with two jackbooted(1) police
> officers who said that their impression was that as long as you weren't
> perceived as a disgruntled customer or competitor, the enterpreneurs would
> leave you alone. Right after I talked to them, they started hassling an
> otherwise apparently upright citizen for crossing the street against a light
> so I dunno how much veracity I'd give them.
Heh. Well, there is a certain reputation the SPD have earned for themselves.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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