From: Dene on
On May 25, 2:35 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> In article
> <302b0f2d-24dd-44de-a3f7-2622fe128...(a)o12g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
>  "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 25, 4:51 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <f2f2b894-dae9-43f1-8b59-355f541d2...(a)o39g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,
> > >  "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On May 24, 9:24 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > > > > In article <860kgdFr8...(a)mid.individual.net>,
>
> > > > >  "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> > > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > > > > >news:alangbaker-D14129.17300624052010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > > > > > > In article <860fkdF48...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > > > > > >  "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > > > > > > >news:alangbaker-87D661.13473523052010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > > > > > > > > In article <85ghk7F3j...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > > > > > > > >  "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > >news:alangbaker-CE0843.14323318052010(a)news.shawcable.com....
> > > > > > > > > > > In article
>
> > > > > > <f60067b2-63ec-4af0-8ab5-d48556475...(a)i31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com>,
> > > > > > > > > > >  "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On May 18, 1:22 am, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > In article
>
> > > > > > > > <a420c80e-7878-42af-b5eb-74279c58b...(a)c7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>
> > > > > > > > ,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 17, 8:01 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 16 May 2010 18:19:02 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> I had a close friend who was a heroin addict and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> was
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> successful salesman for a heavy equipment
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> manufacturer.
> > > > > > > > =A0The
> > > > > > > > > > guy
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> tons of money and never had to worry about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> scoring
> > > > > > drugs.
> > > > > > > > > > =A0During
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> day he'd take enough smack to keep from getting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> sick
> > > > > > and at
> > > > > > > > > > night,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> he wanted, he would get wasted. =A0The next
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> morning,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> he
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> better
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> shape than a lot of alcoholics are.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Did he have kids?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, but he was married. But there was nothing about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > him
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have made it impossible to be a good parent.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, this may surprise you, but most junkies are not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > rich
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > successful. Most are poor and pathetic.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Being junkies for something that costs what black
> > > > > > > > > > > > > market
> > > > > > > > > > > > > drugs
> > > > > > > > cost
> > > > > > > > > > > > > helps to make them that way.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Alan Baker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jp
> > > > > > > > > > > > > g>
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > I see. And lowering the price is going to turn them all
> > > > > > > > > > > > into
> > > > > > > > > > > > responsible, productive citizens, right?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > It will certainly help some maintain themselves while still
> > > > > > > > > > > being
> > > > > > able
> > > > > > > > > > > to hold down a job, buy food, shelter, etc.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Name an employer who wants to hire a junkie.
>
> > > > > > > > > > -Greg
>
> > > > > > > > > Name an employer who wants to hire an alcoholic.
>
> > > > > > > > Neither....obviously.
>
> > > > > > > > -Greg
>
> > > > > > > So then you advocate making alcohol illegal do you?
>
> > > > > > No.  I advocate not adding to an existing problem.  Besides....alcohol
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > addicting to the majority of the public.  Meth is.
>
> > > > > Really? And you know this, how?
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Alan Baker
> > > > > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > > > > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
>
> > > > What percentage of people who ever drink alcohol would you guess are
> > > > alcoholics? And what percentage of those who ever use meth would you
> > > > guess are addicts?
>
> > > I'd say a far higher percentage that there are alcoholics among people
> > > who drink alcohol.
>
> > I'd say you're dead wrong. Most people who drink are not alcoholics.
> > Many, if not most, people who use meth, crack or heroin are addicts.
>
> I'm agreeing that there is a higher percentage of meth users who are
> addicted than alcohol users who are alcoholics.

Didn't I assert that in an earlier post? It's no wonder you troll.
You simply do not have the intellect to carry on a normal discussion.

-Greg
From: Alan Baker on
In article
<8c46bbc7-aee3-4c59-b515-8ca0b3679f8f(a)11g2000prv.googlegroups.com>,
Dene <gdstrue(a)aol.com> wrote:

> On May 25, 2:35�pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <302b0f2d-24dd-44de-a3f7-2622fe128...(a)o12g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
> > �"John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On May 25, 4:51�pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > > > In article
> > > > <f2f2b894-dae9-43f1-8b59-355f541d2...(a)o39g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,
> > > > �"John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > On May 24, 9:24�pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > > > > > In article <860kgdFr8...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >
> > > > > > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > > > > > >news:alangbaker-D14129.17300624052010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > > > > > > > In article <860fkdF48...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > > > > > > > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > > > > > > > >news:alangbaker-87D661.13473523052010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > > > > > > > > > In article <85ghk7F3j...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > > > > > > > > > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > > >news:alangbaker-CE0843.14323318052010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > > > > > > > > > > > In article
> >
> > > > > > > <f60067b2-63ec-4af0-8ab5-d48556475...(a)i31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com
> > > > > > > >,
> > > > > > > > > > > > �"John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 18, 1:22 am, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > In article
> >
> > > > > > > > > <a420c80e-7878-42af-b5eb-74279c58b...(a)c7g2000vbc.googlegroups.
> > > > > > > > > com>
> > > > > > > > > ,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 17, 8:01 pm, Jack Hollis
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <xslee...(a)aol.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 16 May 2010 18:19:02 -0700 (PDT), "John
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > B."
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> I had a close friend who was a heroin addict
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> was
> > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> successful salesman for a heavy equipment
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> manufacturer.
> > > > > > > > > =A0The
> > > > > > > > > > > guy
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> tons of money and never had to worry about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> scoring
> > > > > > > drugs.
> > > > > > > > > > > =A0During
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> day he'd take enough smack to keep from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>getting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> sick
> > > > > > > and at
> > > > > > > > > > > night,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> he wanted, he would get wasted. =A0The next
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> morning,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> he
> > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> better
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> shape than a lot of alcoholics are.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Did he have kids?
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, but he was married. But there was nothing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > him
> > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have made it impossible to be a good parent.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, this may surprise you, but most junkies are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rich
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > successful. Most are poor and pathetic.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Being junkies for something that costs what black
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > market
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > drugs
> > > > > > > > > cost
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > helps to make them that way.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alan Baker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > b.jp
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > g>
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I see. And lowering the price is going to turn them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > > > > > into
> > > > > > > > > > > > > responsible, productive citizens, right?
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > It will certainly help some maintain themselves while
> > > > > > > > > > > > still
> > > > > > > > > > > > being
> > > > > > > able
> > > > > > > > > > > > to hold down a job, buy food, shelter, etc.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > Name an employer who wants to hire a junkie.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > -Greg
> >
> > > > > > > > > > Name an employer who wants to hire an alcoholic.
> >
> > > > > > > > > Neither....obviously.
> >
> > > > > > > > > -Greg
> >
> > > > > > > > So then you advocate making alcohol illegal do you?
> >
> > > > > > > No. �I advocate not adding to an existing problem.
> > > > > > > �Besides...alcohol
> > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > addicting to the majority of the public. �Meth is.
> >
> > > > > > Really? And you know this, how?
> >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Alan Baker
> > > > > > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > > > > > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
> >
> > > > > What percentage of people who ever drink alcohol would you guess are
> > > > > alcoholics? And what percentage of those who ever use meth would you
> > > > > guess are addicts?
> >
> > > > I'd say a far higher percentage that there are alcoholics among people
> > > > who drink alcohol.
> >
> > > I'd say you're dead wrong. Most people who drink are not alcoholics.
> > > Many, if not most, people who use meth, crack or heroin are addicts.
> >
> > I'm agreeing that there is a higher percentage of meth users who are
> > addicted than alcohol users who are alcoholics.
>
> Didn't I assert that in an earlier post? It's no wonder you troll.
> You simply do not have the intellect to carry on a normal discussion.

No. That is not what you asserted.

What a pity you can't even comprehend what you've written yourself.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on
In article
<7de0b3c7-7f05-482d-8ee3-a8e37e7f8994(a)g1g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
Dene <gdstrue(a)aol.com> wrote:

> On May 25, 2:17�pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 25, 4:51�pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > In article <8629glF1f...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >
> > > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > >news:f2f2b894-dae9-43f1-8b59-355f541d2748(a)o39g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...
> > > > On May 24, 9:24 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > > > > In article <860kgdFr8...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >
> > > > > > > So then you advocate making alcohol illegal do you?
> >
> > > > > > No. I advocate not adding to an existing problem. Besides...alcohol
> > > > > > is
> > > > not
> > > > > > addicting to the majority of the public. Meth is.
> >
> > > > > Really? And you know this, how?
> >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Alan Baker
> > > > > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > > > > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
> >
> > > > What percentage of people who ever drink alcohol would you guess are
> > > > alcoholics? And what percentage of those who ever use meth would you
> > > > guess are addicts?
> >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > > You expect a troll to answer that question?
> >
> > > > -Greg
> >
> > > LOL
> >
> > Bam! He nailed you again, Greg.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> John was being sarcastic. The joke is on you.....troll.
>
> -Greg

LOL

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on
In article
<5faa3989-369c-467e-8fc9-1439548857fb(a)n37g2000prc.googlegroups.com>,
Dene <gdstrue(a)aol.com> wrote:

> On May 24, 11:26�pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > In article <8617b6Fjt...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >
> >
> >
> > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> > >news:alangbaker-B94593.20042624052010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > > > In article <860s5tFut...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > > > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > I admit that Jack answered my question. � Unlike you, Jack wears big
> > > > > boy
> > > > > pants. �Consquently, I respect him as an individual who is willing to
> > > assert
> > > > > ideas and substantiate his rationale, in contrast to you. �His
> > > > > sincere
> > > > > response doesn't require a response or agreement.
> >
> > > > Not if you lack personal honour.
> >
> > > A troll talking about honour.
> >
> > > > You implied that there was no reason his opinion should be worth any
> > > > more than your own, and even if you want to argue that point, you are
> > > > nicely ducking the question of what you think his experience means as
> > > > to
> >
> > > I implied nothing.
> >
> > Yes, you did.
> >
> >
> >
> > > > the value of his opinions when compared to yours.
> >
> > > > Please explain why *you* know what you're talking about, insurance
> > > > salesman.
> >
> > > Explain why I don't, deadbeat.
> >
> > I understand. You've got nothing, insurance salesman.
>
> On the contrary, this insurance salesman makes $13,000/mo.
>
> -Greg

I win!

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Carbon on
On Tue, 25 May 2010 18:40:47 -0700, Dene wrote:
> On May 25, 2:17 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
>> In article <8624nqF3r...(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> "MNMikeW" <MNMiik...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>> "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message
>>> news:860s8sFvc8U1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>>> I'd be happy to, if it wasn't for the fact that a troll is
>>>> demanding it.
>>>
>>> For the little pissant that he is, he is awful demanding.
>>
>> I'm not in the slightest demanding, Mike. I'm *observing*.
>>
>> In this case, I observe that Greg was happy to argue until someone
>> actually asked him to provide some support for his claims.
>
> I'm always happy to back up my opinion unless the question comes from
> a pissant troll.

Taking issue with something you said is not trolling. Arguing that we
should gun down everyone we think may be crossing the border illegally,
THAT'S trolling.