Re: Racism at a launch

zoot wrote:

> On 25 Nov 2003 11:43:34 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Simpson)
> wrote:
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> > How about "Click, Click, Boom!".....just kidding. :-)
>
>
> I left that hardware at home. Had I had said hardware on my person, I
> would not have even dared the dirty look.
>
> Said hardware (and accompanying govt.-issued paperwork, complete with
> photograph that makes my Driver's License photo look like something by
> Ansel Adams) would require that I take every possible step to avoid
> using said hardware.
>
> What was the old saying? An armed society is a polite society.
>
> Zooty

Most assuredly, an armed society is a polite society.  ;-)
I had a similar experience as you over the weekend with a group of 
Mideastern thug wannabes that were giving my son a hard time.  Like you, 
I wouldn't have let it escalate to the point of needing any hardware as 
well.  Discretion IS the better part of valor.

Mark Simpson
NAR 71503 Level II
God Bless our peacekeepers