>>>Good to hear a nonsense argument from the forces of law and order. Murder harms other people, dope doesn't. Its only harmful at the moment because its been criminalised and it makes users criminals. You could be back in the 1920s talking about prohibition and making as much sense.
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>>>I'll be perfectly honest - while it hacks me off that those outside the U.S. think John's viewpoint represents the totality of U.S. "law and order" - John is not doing our side any favors right now.
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>>>(My way of saying that while it pains me, I agree with you....but just this once) :)
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>>>John, I really hope you go back and read what you're writing - I really think you should look into this a little more.
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>>Its alright William Kuhn agreed with me about something the other day :-) I put a gold star on my calendar.
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>LOL
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>Actually I think a lot of us find some common ground despite political differences. Here are a few UT members here who are on that list for me: Bill Kuhn, John Harvey, Jake Schneider, Kevin Goff, John Baird, and Mike Cole. When John H. was in Chicago two or three years ago to speak at the user group meeting -- demo-ing a very nice app he had created for the sheriff's department -- we went out to dinner afterward. It was a very enjoyable meal and politics never came up once.
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>Now here is one of my wacky ideas. It doesn't do you much good, being in the UK, but I am thinking about a FoxPro developer get-together sometime this summer. There were several of them a few years ago, spearheaded by Tamar, Dan Freeman, and Ceil Silver (RIP) if I recall correctly. Maybe there should be another one before the show closes down for good. I realize this opportunity already exists in the form of conferences but this would be purely social, families included. Just a picnicky day at some geographically central location.


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