Shame, shame, shame

From: Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com>
Date: Mon Aug 24 19:14:20 1998

>It never ceases to amaze me that, when offered an opportunity to
celebrate in a positive manner, groups of people will choose to smash,
burn and destroy things instead. If it were some kind of demonstration
against a particular company for some kind of social violations, it
least
smashing a computer made by that company would have some kind of
symbolic
purpose (albeit still a negative one). But to just smash something for
the hell of it.

How odd, seems like a natural thing to do. Many's the time I'd like to
have taken the PC under my desk, loaded it into the trusty old trebuchet
and slung it across the countryside. As for wanton destruction, don't
knock it till you try it. Last month I had the opportunity to fire a
75mm cannon at some cars, wasted a really nice Subaru. Then I got to
watch as the rest of the cars were strafed by a .50 Browning from a
helicopter. It's a great feeling to watch a Lincoln being blown apart.
We surely do live in the best of times.
     Jack Peacock
Received on Mon Aug 24 1998 - 19:14:20 BST

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