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Re: AVOID TigerDirect's Amquest Rockwell AM56HCFSP modem!!!

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From: Melissa
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00
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usenet@admin.u.nu (Miguel Cruz) wrote in 
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>Mortimer Schnerd, RN <MSchnerd@nospam.carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>> I believe he was being sarcastic, as was I.  It probably was missed by Mr.
>> Cruz, who seems determined to be somewhat dense about this matter.
>
>Ah, yes, argument by insult, that time-honored rhetorial tactic. If I don't
>agree with you, after all, I must be an idiot.
>
>In any case, I'm going to sidestep the larger gun control debate, because it
>always goes the same way. I was just taking issue with the idea that guns
>somehow magically materialize in criminals' hands without in most cases
>having first been manufactured/imported and/or sold legally.

Which has little to do with anything, being 99.994% of all gun owners never 
harm anyone, therefore the RATIONAL approach would be to just catch and 
punish the .006% who do.

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From: MelissaP@Bdimensional.com (Melissa)
Subject: Re: AVOID TigerDirect's Amquest Rockwell AM56HCFSP modem!!!
Date: 1999/07/19
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