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- From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Threatening
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.135524.817@spider.co.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:55:24 GMT
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- In article <25920@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov5.172328.3477@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, pfinerty@nyx.cs.du.edu (big daddy hate box) writes:
- >> i hereby rescind and retract all statements made by me regarding the
- >> president and other elected officials. the post was made at a time when i
- >> was quite happy that clinton had won. in my usual sarcastic manner i made
- >> a suggestion that i thought was an example of extremism and which i
- >> consider a form of humor. unfortunately another individual took my posting
- >> as a threat to the president and other officials. this is not the case. i
- >> should hope that everyone who reads this sees that my intent with the
- >> previous posting was merely to cause a stir on the group alt.rush-limbaugh
- >> and alt.politics.clinton, and as humor on talk.bizarre.
- >
- >OK - so I was wrong - somebody was stupid enough to threaten the president in
- >a public forum - do me a favor Pat - first off please fill us in when you
- >get your little visit from some less than understanding souls who if they
- >haven't already will probably be visiting you very soon, and second please
- >lay off the hard stuff if you know you're going to be posting to thenet....
- >
- > gln
-
- Oh Boy, You Americans sure do get het up over a little joke about threatening
- your presidents life.
-
- Threaten the life of the British Prime Minister, John 'I am a Robot' Major. I
- can gaurentee noone will report you to anyone. They may offer financial
- assistance though !
-
- Me
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