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DISCLAIMER: in my experience, the following doesn't apply to 99% of my readership. Unfortunately, experience also shows it has to be written down for the remaining 1%.
The short version, when it comes to my comments policy, goes down to a line taken from the (mediocre) second opus of the Matrix:
"I built this place. Down here, I make the rules."
Let's elaborate a bit:
AVERTISSEMENT : selon mon expérience, ce qui suit ne s'applique pas à 99% de mes lecteurs. Malheureusement, l'expérience prouve aussi qu'il faut que cela soit écrit pour le pourcentage restant.
La version courte, concernant ma politique pour les commentaires, se résume à une ligne tirée du second (médiocre) volet de Matrix:
"J'ai construit cet endroit. Ici, je fais les lois."
Élaborons un brin :
If you need further help with the site, you may want to check the Field Manual. Ultimately, you can also drop me a line. I usually don't answer jellyfish and buttermonkey(1) hybrids however.
Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide avec le site, jetez un œil au manuel d'instruction. Au pire, vous pouvez également m'envoyer un mot. J'ai cependant tendance à ne pas répondre aux fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe.
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But, Frogman, they are still searching for Qaeda in Riyadh; so now they are putting Inspector Clouseau on the case. And THAT should get results! |
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I remember (and this goes back many many years) the story of a challenge to the U.S. Customs service by the Captain of a ship, that he would hide a pie before they arrived in port the next time and they’d not be able to find it. Then didn’t, even though they were familiar, thoroughly familiar, with ships of all types and typical hiding places. He then climbed to the top of the mast, and brought down the pie. Even WMD can be hidden. All Saddam had to do was to execute the men who hid them. No witnesses, no one but Saddam and his sons know where they are. Or the Chinese cook in whose cabin they found a packet of heroin. The guy began hysterically screaming, “More, more, more,” while pointing at a locker in the corner, and as the Custom’s inspector turned around to look, grabbed the heroin from his hand and quickly threw it out the window. Clever, eh? So was Saddam. But, right now Iraqis no longer have the fear the torture chambers, or firing squads. YOU’RE RIGHT, they’re free. There was no other way to get rid of Saddam and his equally tyrannical sons. The least Chiraqcould do, the very least, would be to say, “Well, I still do not agree, but at least you’ve accomplished one very important thing for freedom-loving people everywhere, you’ve set the Iraqi people free. Congratulations.” And, it is just as we helped the French to once again be free. That was 60 years ago, and I was one of those there. We didn’t need to do that either. But we did. |
Post title: Mistakes ♠ Erreurs
Date: 22nd May, 2003