From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:7wHDf.48767$PL5.13020@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...   
   > selene1022 wrote:   
   > > Well, gosh Martha.  What are you implying? That people who have not   
   > > written and published a book for grades 9 and up are somehow lesser   
   > > human beings? Don't you think that's a bit "elitist."   
   > >   
   > > You really need to lighten up. ROB just pointed out the humor of   
   > > Allport, the notorious deleter of comments writing a book on free   
   > > speech, and you, the "gamekeeper" who did an internet criminal   
   > > background check on every person that contributed to this forum with a   
   > > differing point of view writing a book on "search" and seizure.   
   > >   
   > > It's not surprising that you neither get, nor can take the joke.   
   > >   
   > > As for your book, I'm sure that the NEA must have it on some type of   
   > > five star list.  May it sell dozens of copies!   
   > >   
   >   
   > Thank you for explaining that puzzling joke you made the   
   > other day. It confused me because my book is about the   
   > Fourth Amendment and I have never worked in law enforcement,   
   > though I do have modest experience in criminal defense. I   
   > was especially confused by your tone, given your own "law   
   > and order" political positions and the many times you have   
   > derided my concern for the rights of the accused.   
   >   
   > I am glad at least to know what assertion you wished to make   
   > so that I can answer it. So -- It's true I've made a few   
   > comments quoting a.b.g-o contributors' publicly available   
   > statements in other forums, by way of providing context for   
   > things they said here. It is bizarre and factually   
   > inaccurate to call those "criminal background checks."   
   > Fortunately, I have never had reason to inquire into the   
   > criminal record of anyone associated with this forum, nor,   
   > for the record, have I ever attempted to do so.   
   >   
   > /M   
      
   Well I recall you certainly researched Edward Belsky with Dzerzhinskian   
   application...   
      
   Congrats on the book, mind you: never easy getting between covers in these   
   moronic times. Well in England it's better for women, blacks, dogs and Irish   
   to get published, but you catch my drift.   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
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