Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:23:27 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <10a1e4fa-c029-1ce7-173f-da67ddf34c16@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1874334"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228824 comp.os.linux.misc:60875 On Sun, 10 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:39:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> This is totally true and the fact that people think they are cute and >> wont shoot them makes it worse. >> >> Bloody lethal in a crash. Usually a write off at any speed. If you see >> one, stop. It runs across in front of you and the rest all follow >> blindly. >> >> Like bloody socialists. > > The state when I grew up had a Conservation Department that begged people > to go out and shoot the damned deer. Every winter the newspaper would run > articles showing hundreds of deer yarded up in deep snow and starving. Do- > gooders would arrange hay to be dropped from helicopters. Next year, more > starving deer. Classic democrat/socialist. Only look at the symptom, while never solving the underlying cause.