I'm not blaming the ranger, he's been hired to make arbitrary decisions and
has done his job perfectly.
And I wouldn't know what happens in the burbs; I live in the city; a much
more dangerous place than FP, and one where all the rules in the world don't
seem to help...
R (done with this rant) O
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Gortatowsky" <indanapt@yahoo.com>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Messier Monster Booted From Peak
>
> --- Richard Ozer <rozer@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > What if ... what if ... what if ... what if ...
>
> If I was a ranger, and my job was 'that close' to being axed anyway, "what
> if" is important. Rules are made for 'what if'! Law suits are filed for
> "WTF"! Folks this is not a joke. I am not stirring the pot. Again, maybe
in
> burb's nothing nasty happens. But in the real world teen violence is real.
> Hell, violence is real period. And I no for a fact you'd hang a state
> employee the moment "they let" your precious get hurt (sic).
>
>
> I am really surprised by the reaction here. One would think you'd all know
> this. Try to put yourself in his place 'at that time' and not Monday
morning
> quarterback in sympathy. Mark knows I am not a "burn them all person". I
but
> it's a gross misjustice to blame a guy doing his job. unless he
> misinterpreted the rules, he was just being safe. And in this
environment...
> safe works.
>
> Shoot the lawyers (not literally), not the rangers.
>
> =====
> ---------------------------------------
> Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
> La Habra Heights, California
>
> "Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child -- if you parboil them
first for seven hours, they always come out tender. " - W.C. Fields
> "What wretched scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" - W.C. Fields
Received on Fri Oct 29 21:00:56 2004