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   Fred Tehbot to Rod   
   Re: Did the Toronto Police Force hire a    
   22 May 10 17:51:14   
   
   d993a7c6   
   XPost: ab.general, van.general, hfx.general   
   XPost: edm.general   
   From: anon@anon.anon   
      
   Rod  wrote:   
      
   > Yeah, and (a) who are YOU, saying this about HIM, and (b) how do you   
   > know these things, about him?   
      
   Who did your plumbing?   
      
   > Because I know that some people get their 'facts' from the ether,   
   > via quite acute (and amazing) psychic powers.  Or they just dream   
   > stuff up.   
      
   Ooh, you are so smart!   
      
   > You see, I have had people like YOU saying similar things about ME.   
   > None of them true.  Let me repeat that.  *NONE* of them true.   
   > So...please convince me, that what YOU have alleged, about Ken   
   > Selin, is true.  I don't know the guy.  But apparently you do.  Are   
   > you neighbours?  How do you know him?   
      
   Why don't you know the guy?   
      
   > Are you a psychiatrist, perchance?  Maybe...an amateur usenet   
   > psychiatrist?  Because I know there are a hell of a lot of those.   
   > Maybe millions, even.  Um...you got your MD and then license to   
   > practice psychiatry from a cereal box, maybe?  Many people have!   
   > Wheaties is all you need.  What exactly is your line of work? Just   
   > running people down, for fun?   
      
   People can have ideas.   
      
   > Having been targetted myself, at times, by brainless wonders and   
   > anonymous toads, who never worry much about accuracy or truth, that   
   > kind of thing disgusts me.  I think one should *never* say anything   
   > about someone else unless one can prove, it is true.  A lot of   
   > people ignore that basic rule of thumb, but it is prudent.  Then you   
   > stay on the right or safe side of the law.   
      
   Why should anyone stay on the right or safe side of the law, Rod?   
      
   > I need to go potty.   
      
   Close, but no cigar.   
      
   > And also, if someone is sharp and questions your comments, and you   
   > cannot provide any evidence that X is true...you can end up   
   > embarrassed.  That has never happened to me.  Has it ever happened   
   > to you?   
      
   I am reasonably sure I can provide any evidence that X is true, Rod.   
      
   > Rod   
      
   It's all in your mind.   
      
   --   
   Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children;   
   George Bernard Shaw   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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