Chuck your last line is sometimes painfully true Times have changed but mostly what we used to "say" tongue in cheek is now "written" tongue in cheek and therefore is easy to take out of context and be read with a high level of pc scrutiny and to be used as evidence which gets us into a lot of messes we never faced when it was just said Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.c om] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:24 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Libel to get interesting... :) Obviously this is tongue-in-cheek. It would surely get Patrick's license revoked and probably more jail time for the vigilantes than the idiots spotting aircraft with their laser. In retrospect, perhaps libel is too strong a word. But it is irritating that I am the subject of such jokes, when clearly I have not spent as much money on my laser pointers as others on this list, have used them at star-parties but twice- briefly-, have always gone to great lengths to use them safely, and even tried for almost 2 years to test a batch in order to gain some real, usable data for the prospective purchaser. Tests that only a handful of others have ever taken seriously and expressed an interest in participating or helping. There's a mistake I won't make again. So excuse me if I just don't find any humor in bringing up my name when some moron spots an aircraft. Those tin-foil-hat UFO seeking imbeciles are out playing with lasers more than astronomers anyway- and from the hills above Bountiful, coincidentally. Lets think of them next time this happens, OK? Thanks to the times we live in, some things just aren't funny anymore. There's a real chance that a joke will bring a visit from Homeland Security. On 5/1/07, diveboss@xmission.com <diveboss@xmission.com> wrote:
I would be willing to ride shotgun with you Patrick. We could fly across the Wasatch front and put the kibosh on some rude laser users with water balloons, bowling balls or... ;) And, I would condone it!
:)
Quoting Bob Moore <BMoore@commercecrg.com>:
I am thinking a good supply of water balloons in the passengers seat might deter that problem.
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