From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 25/12/2025 11:00 pm, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:00:06 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Thank you for the lovely Christmas spirit.   
      
   Christians may be encouraged to love their enemies, but they are also   
   encouraged to combat evil, and Cursitor Doom is a thoroughly nasty piece   
   of work.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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