Thank you for the compliment. Brian Team A.I. > > From: "Cordell Harris" > Date: 2003/12/03 Wed PM 09:20:30 EST > To: > Subject: Re: Re: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season > > Hello Brian....nice approach. We in Arizona are very fortunate to have a > balanced attitude toward firearms and their application in the great > outdoor. Have no grudge toward any I might encounter on the trails and if I > happen to be packing, as is usual away from the urban areas, would hope all > would remember that. Somehow I perceived the overstatements in the humorous > light that I would hope they were intended. > > Sorry about the grim encounter couple days back. Christmas should be a > joyous time...we owe it to the kids. I'm back to the sidelines! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Casteel > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season > > > I agree with Gale. But jokes about the use of firearms for anything > (despite humorous intent) is something that shouldn't be done. In some > cases, it can be strong evidence to support a belief that a person might not > be responsible enough to be in possession of a weapon for fear that one of > those comments might be acted upon. > > I'm not saying that Sprocket fits that profile, because I don't know him > well enough to make such an accusation, nor would I do so in this type of > venue. I would hope that if anything like this were to happen with anyone > on the listserv, that enough maturity would be displayed by contacting the > person directly instead of going out to the proverbial playground and > handling it with everyone watching. > > But then again, everyone at some point is going to be offended by > something, and even dead silence would be offensive to someoene who really > likes to talk. > > Brian > Team A.I. > > > > > > From: Gale > > Date: 2003/12/03 Wed PM 06:06:00 EST > > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season > > > > > > > > Well Im not offended, but I am saddened by the callousness of the words. > Four years ago, a family member was kidnapped and shot twice in the head by > a low life vermin. Three years ago, Mike's cousin was shot an killed by a > drug addict who flipped out and killed her in her sheep pasture. Joking > about shooting or wounding someone is rather insensitive to the growing > number of people whose lives are forever changed by violent crime. But feel > free to continue with your jokes. America is a great country and we have > great freedoms to speak out as we wish. > > > > > > Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking > > > > Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes > > On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so: > > "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- > > "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" > > > > > > > > Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > > > Well Im not offended, but I am saddened by the callousness of the words. > Four years ago, a family member was kidnapped and shot twice in the head by > a low life vermin. Three years ago, Mike's cousin was shot an killed by a > drug addict who flipped out and killed her in her sheep pasture. Joking > about shooting or wounding someone is rather insensitive to the growing > number of people whose lives are forever changed by violent crime. But feel > free to continue with your jokes. America is a great country and we have > great freedoms to speak out as we wish. > > > > Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking > > Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes > On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so: > "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- > "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" > > Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/29/2003 > >