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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Mass. DMV is the most evil, inflexible,
obdurate organization on the face of this or any other planet. They make the KGB
seem warm and cuddly. They make the Borg seem open to friendly negotiation and
persuasion. They are always right and should you dare to disagree, they will
make your life hell until you relent and admit to their all knowing superiority
and abase yourself to their grinning,
sadistic satisfaction. Their official motto: All hail Mass. DMV
(or we'll kill you) Please don't get me started. In fact their probably
monitoring this discussion board and making plans to kidnap and torture one of
my pets for having the temerity to say something negative about their little
cabal. I've got to go, there's someone at my front door...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=godshatter@yahoo.com href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">Paul
Rumelhart</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] An article from
IdahoStatesman.com</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>g.,<BR><BR>We don't agree on a lot of things, but I have to say
that I agree with pretty much everything you said here. The Archies
thing was a misunderstanding and the proprietors shouldn't be raked over the
coals for it. I don't smoke, and prefer smoke-free restraunts and bars,
but I don't think I have the right to force anybody to agree to that. I
hate group-think, and look to eradicate it where I can. <BR><BR>However, I
don't understand the reference to the Massachusetts DMV. What am I
missing?<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>g. crabtree wrote:
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Either become a warm, kind, caring,
evolved passenger on spaceship Moscow, sensitive to the health and emotional
welfare of your fellow travelers or we'll destroy your
reputation, confiscate your ability to feed your family and
drive your unfeeling ass out of town.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why do certain, contestably well
intentioned, people feel the need to band together to bend others to
their will?</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>When the disabled fellow and his
person felt that they weren't being made as welcome as they would have liked
at one restaurant they opted to go to another. Good call! Why not have left
it at that? Why the overwhelming need to be vindictive, organize a mob
to punish the first establishments owner, force them, by God, to come around
to their way of thinking, even though the disruption was almost
certainly the result of a misunderstanding or a momentary lapse on the part
of Mr. Johnson and/or the caregiver/aid/friend/whatever?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To a lesser extent, the same applies to
Bucer's. They have a smoking room. You may not like it but you are not
required to frequent the establishment. Choose one of the many other
businesses that are more to your liking and leave Bucer's to cater to the
clientele that appreciates the increasingly rare opportunity to enjoy a
smoke with like minded patrons. Attempting to pass legislation to force a
private property owner to comply with your desires under penalty of loss of
livelihood is meddling in another's bailiwick writ large. Lets face it, the
likelihood that Mr. Rigby or Mr. Carscallen are feeling seriously neglected
or that their wellbeing is negatively impacted by not being able to down yet
another high priced cup of joe is doubtful. Drink in Pullman if it's more to
your liking, don't deprive others into having no place to gather,
all to satisfy your personal whim.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since when does the majority get
to dictate their way of thinking on all others, in all matters? Is
George Orwell and Aldous Huxley no longer read as part of a "public
education?" I guess the idea that someone might want to go their own way has
become unfathomable and group think the order of the day. Liberal Moscow is
turning into the Massachusetts DMV.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Dan Carscallen" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>areaman@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:14
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] An article from
IdahoStatesman.com</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Tim
posts a link to an article and says:<BR>> "Great job Idaho
Legislature. Now if Moscow could only get Bucer's<BR>> Coffee House
to follow the rules, the world would be a better place."<BR>> <BR>>
Not sure what anything going on in Bucer's has to do with bowling
alleys<BR>> and smoking . . .<BR>> <BR>> BUT, I'm all for adopting
the whole "no smoking" deal like Washington.<BR>> Having a beer in a
Pullman pub is a much more pleasant experience.<BR>> <BR>> DC<BR>>
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