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: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 14:11:17 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <4974b722-5ebd-8006-d604-059d844ad410@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1673437"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228774 comp.os.linux.misc:60820 On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 09/11/2024 06:31, rbowman wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 05:52:31 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> Spending twenty minutes on a greyhound bus talking down a drunk black >>> man waving a loaded revolver who felt disrespected in Chicago. >> >> You're one of the lucky ones. Some go home in body bags. > > Ive had a lot of experience with Glaswegian drunks...This guy was no > different. He just wanted someone to pay him the respect of listening to him This can work wonders! I once spent an evening with a mexican gang member just released from prison at a party in Chicago. He was talking and I was doing the listening, and to be honest, he seemed like a really nice guy as long as he did not feel threatened or disrespected.