In case you hadnt noticed, class action lawsuits against the Tobbacco
companies are all the rage now..........
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From:
jjb@... <
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To:
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Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] EQ slang
>From: jjb@...
>
> Well hot damn, that means when I get lung cancer from smoking all these
>years that I can sue the people who made them! It's not MY fault that I
>bought them in the store, not my fault I lit a bunch of crushed up plants
>held together with chemically treated paper, which the paper is held round
>with glue, then stuck the fiberglass type material in my mouth and sucked
>on it while the opposite end was glowing red. Woohoo, using SaTaN, ahem,
>excuse me, s8n's, logic, I'm bound to be a millionaire.
>
> OR
>
> when you grow up you'll be able to tell the difference between right and
>wrong, between knowing what's the correct course of actions without someone
>telling you what they are. Or maybe some other kid wanting to blame
>everyone else for thier bullshit will shoot you (so they can be as cool as
>the "gangsta's") and your parents can sue the company that made the gun.
>(since it won't be the kid who pulled the trigger's fault, no need to even
>put him in jail)
>
>
>
>
>At 06:30 PM 6/28/99 EDT, you wrote:
>>From: MrS8N@...
>>
>>I don't want to be specific about locations but there are certain
creatures
>>who get caught in walls when you lure them there and then you can slowly,
>but
>>surely, bellow them to death. I haven't done it as much as I wanted to
>>because it isn't worth it anymore as the creatures in question are mostly
>>blue to me now but imagine how happy I'd have been to have found this spot
>>when they were all red. My point really is--hold on to your helms,
>>RPers--who cares how you get your levels as long as you get them and get
on
>>to the getting of the cool stuff so you can whip Lord Mistmore? Oh the
>>dismay and anger the purple people showered me with as they watched me
>>"cheat". Far as I am concerned, playing honorably with an object like a
>>computer game is just plain silly. If the bug wasn't there I *couldn't*
>>exploit it so therefore it is Verant's fault, not mine, that I--or anyone
>>else for that matter--can use it. It isn't cheating. It is using your
head
>>to take advantage of an opportunity granted, intentional or otherwise.
>>Bottom line: RPers, generally, are exactly as Shanda said--a bunch of
wacko
>>powermad control mongers who chastise and harrass "normal"--stress the
word
>>"normal"--people. They are like the Bob Barrs of Everquest. Play how
they
>>want you to play or they will contact a GM(the granddaddies and epitomy of
>>powermad RPers)and bring legislation against you. This is the only
>problem I
>>have ever found with an otherwise outstanding game. Purple people mind
your
>>own freakin' business and quit whining to the GMs every time you see
someone
>>playing the way your dork ass wouldn't.
>>
>>Cooter
>>21st no matter how I got here.
>>
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