From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 25/12/2025 5:44 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   > Gentlemen,   
   >   
   > It's 'that' time of year again and we've had some heated debates on   
   > this group over the last 12 months, both from those who want to   
   > explore different views and those who would rather shut them down at   
   > any price. As a Christian conservative and a libertarian, I fall into   
   > the former category of course, and bear no ill will to anyone here. So   
   > a very happy Christmas to *all* our contributors here, of whatever   
   > religious persuasion they may be, or none at all for that matter! And   
   > have a happy and prosperous New Year.   
   >   
   > Your pal,   
      
   Cursitor Doom may think that he is a Christian conservative and a   
   liberation (which happen to inconsistent ideologies) but the depressing   
   reality is that he is a gullible sucker for the kind of propaganda that   
   autocratic psychopaths (like Trump and Putin) dish out.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)