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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 08/11/88 23:12 Msg:2070 Call:10003455 Lines:4
20 Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
21 Franklin P. Jones
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003=Usr:71 David Shult 08/11/88 23:27 Msg:2071 Call:10003457 Lines:65
24 I never thought I'd reach the top...but now after so many years of try
25 ing...and I've nothing of signifigance to type...such is life.
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28 Nomintion for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
29
30 PENTAGON BIOWARFARE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES
31
32 Overshadowed b Star Wars and overlooked by the media, the push
33 toward biowarfare has been one of the Reagan aministration's best
34 kept secret. The research budget for infectious diseases and toxins
35 has increased tenfold since fiscal '81 and most of the '86 budget of
36 $42 million went to 24 U.S. university campues where the world's most
37 deadl organisms are being cultured in campus labs.
38 The amount of military money available for biotechnology research
39 is a poweful attraction for scientists whose civilian funding
40 resources dried up. Scientists formerl working on widespread killers
41 ike cancer now use their talents developing strains of such rare
42 pathogens as anthrax, dengue, Rift Valley fever, Japanes encephalitis,
43 tularemia, shigella, botulin, Q fever, and myctoxins.
44 May members of the academic community find the trend alarming
45 but when MIT's biology departent voted to refuse Pentagon funds for
46 biotech research, the administration forced it to revere its
47 decision. And, in 1987, te University of Wisconsin hired Philip
48 Sobocinski, a retired Army colonel, to help professos tailor their
49 research to attract Pentagon-funded biowarfare research to the school.
50 Richard Jannaccio, a former science riter at UW, was dismissed from
51 his job on August 25, 1987, the day after the tudent newspaper, THE
52 DAILY CARDINL, published his story disclosing the details of Colonel
53 Sobicinski's mission at the University.
54 Since the U.S. is a sgnatory to the 1972 Biological and Toxic
55 Weapons Convention which bans "development, prodution, stockpiling
56 and use of mirobes or their poisonous products except in amounts
57 necessary for protective and peaceful rsearch," the university-based
58 work is being pursued under the guise of defensive pojects aimed at
59 developing vaccnes and protective gear. Scientists who oppose the
60 program insist that germ-warfare defense is clearly impractical; every
61 person would have to be vaccinated for every known harmful biological
62 agent. Since vaccinatng the entire population would be virtually
63 impossible, the only application of a defensivedevelopment is in
64 conjunction wth offensive use. Troops could be effectively vaccinated
65 for a single agent prior to launching an attack with that agent.
66 Colonel David Huxsoll, commander of the U.S. Army Meical Research
67 Institute of Infetious Diseases admits that offensive research is
68 indistinguishable from defensive research even for those doing it.
69 Each of the sources for this synopsis raised ethical questions
70 about the perversion of academa by military money and about the U.S.
71 engaging in a biological arms race that could rival the nuclear
72 threat, yet none mentioned the safety or the security of the labs
73 involved. The failure to investigte this aspect of the issue is a
74 striking omission. Release of pathogens, either by accidet or
75 design, would prove tragicat any of the following schools: Brigham
76 Young, California Institute of Technology, Colorado State University,
77 Emory, Illinis Institute of Technology, Iowa University, M.I.T.,
78 Purdue, State University of N.Y. at Albany, Texas A&M, and the
79 Universities of California, California at Davis, Cincinati,
80 Connecticut, Georgia, Idao, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
81 assachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Utah.
82
83 SOURCES: ISHMUS, 10/9/87, "Biowarfare and the UW," by Richard
84 Jannaccio, pp 1, 9, 10; THE PROGRESSIVE, 1/16/87, "Poisons from the
85 Pentagon," by Seth Shulman, pp 16-20; WALL STREET JOURNAL, 9/17/86,
86 "Military Science," by BillRichards and Tim Carrington, pp 1, 23.
87
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004=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 08/12/88 00:03 Msg:2072 Call:10003458 Lines:34
89
90 {}
91
92 Battle was followed by victory - but not for the group. During the
93 battle, I secretly collected some solar energy into my 'body' for later
94 use - no point in using up myself to help everyone in the future. After
95 some gooooood pure rays had entered my body, I felt ready for the foray.
96 Alas! Again my neglect had seeled my fate. Kurfur had slain hundreds of
97 the enemy, but the Beserkergang had left him spent. The Policeman had
98 just came to conscienceness, hidden from the 'creatures'. This would
99 require some mental gymnastics, but I found it to be easier with my
100 Zen training. I diverted some energy as a life force to Kurfur,
101 allowing him conscienceness for an hour (which should be enough for
102 his body to regenerate and gain strength. He should be able to hold his
103 own after that hour) I thought. The remaining energies were used to
104 neatly convert the mass of the humanoids into unbundled energy
105 |REMEMBER E=MC2?| and I used that to secure the landscape from
106 flying into the air. The energy re-direction was done by increasing
107 my gravity to a small black hole. If I had not first secured the
108 landscape with the extra energy, my friends would be stuck to me
109 like refridgerator magnets. Simply put, the land was clean and
110 visible without the bodies, Kurfur was slowly recovering, and
111 John (please forgive me if the name is wrong, I can't remember at the
112 moment and I'm in a hurry) seemed a little happier to find the brownie
113 not around to irritate him. I was tired from the exercise, but
114 I knew that this was not even one-tenth of what I had to do in the
115 future. I took a deep mental breath, and saw to their recovery.
116
117 I did seem a little darker though; collecting solar energy
118 does that to a 'body'.
119
120 Hagbard Celine
121
122 {}
005=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 08/12/88 05:01 Msg:2073 Call:10003461 Lines:11
123 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 283###############
124@Zod: You are a product of line noise
125
126 Everyone else: How's life?
127
128 Hagbard Celine: Wafers.
129
130 Everyone: I like surfing on my waterbed
131 with female
132 ^C
133 @@@@@@@@@@@@@Early friday###############
006=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/12/88 15:09 Msg:2074 Call:10003469 Lines:9
134 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Rats, beaten to the toppppppppppp
135@
137@Zod is only a figment of your imagination. You only think you're reading
138@line noise. (Profound statement for the day)
139
140 I'd continue in the adventure, but I'm too tired.
141
142 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Ask, and ye shall be put on holdddddddddddd
007=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 08/12/88 21:15 Msg:2075 Call:10003479 Lines:13
143 !!!!!@@@@@######$$$+++++)))))
144 Well, I'm just wondering were everyone has gotten to, I would
145 really like to see the story continued. I'm going to bring the
146 brownie back in, hope you guys don't mind that to much.
147
148 I'm a bit confused as to how things stand now. would somone
149 tell me exactly what happened last?
150
151 Enjoy all that life has to offer!
152
153 James of Cassandra.
154 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
155
008=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/12/88 21:57 Msg:2076 Call:10003480 Lines:8
156 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Get back here you posting users!!!!!!!!!!!!
157
158 James,
159 Yes, please do bring back the brownie. I wanna see if they taste
160 like smurfs.
161 KR
162
163 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Where's L. Beaker and Friar?????????????????
009=Usr:322 Stray Cat 08/12/88 22:23 Msg:2077 Call:10003481 Lines:3
164
165 . . . down at BITE perchance???
166
010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/12/88 23:12 Msg:2078 Call:10003484 Lines:10
167 &*&*&*&*'s
168
169 You know, I've noticed a bit of a pattern. We have a few days of frantic
170 entry, followed by a few days of next to zero! What I think is that
171 maybe some of you out there are staying up for 72 hours, and then sleeping
172 for 72 hours. Or, I guess maybe you just run out of things to say.
173
174 An Astral Dreamer.
175 &*&*&*&*'s
176
011=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/12/88 23:17 Msg:2079 Call:10003485 Lines:7
177 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | You've got it right thereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
178
179 Actually, I stay awake all summer, and then shut my brain off and
180 hibernate through the winter.
181 As to posting, I only leave a message when I have something to say.
182
183 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Zod's gone (for good?))))))))))))))))))))
012=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 08/13/88 03:53 Msg:2080 Call:10003491 Lines:11
184 @@@@@@@@@@@@User 283####################
185 Soon to be up:
186
187 W a f e r L sa n d
188 B b s!
189 oops, darn line noise!
190 Anyways...
191
192 @@@@@@late sunday!####
193 yeah! we;re going cruising on sunday!
194
013=Usr:245 Doug King 08/13/88 17:12 Msg:2081 Call:10003501 Lines:2
195 What's the phone number Creach?
196
014=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 08/13/88 17:30 Msg:2082 Call:10003502 Lines:33
197 -----------=-==========----------=-=--------------=-=============-=---------
198 HA!! Back once again! After a 21 day vision of the essance of 7abernacky I
199 truly see were I am. Sort of. HI!
200
201 Good old LB. Yup, thats about the size of it. Hey you guys sure did get
202 weird while I was gone. I come back an everybodies on an astral trip. Well
203 I supose thats the way it goes. How'd ya get there anyway. Oh I'll figure
204 it out. I'm always open to summonings you know. HI! Oh I said that all
205 ready. Sorry.
206
207 Anynynybody wanna buy a hood orniment. Whoa! Thats a great word. You all
208 thought I was supprised. Whoa! What's that Rhinoserusurus doining in my
209 liveing room!?! I'd better go check this out. HI! How are you? HA!!
210
211 Errg. I'll come back later when I'm neededed.
212
213 Lord (Masterpiecicle) Beaker
214
215 Hey no more GIP, they accepted my application. :) I'm so happy.
216
217 FUG
218 uno
219 tid
220 uv
221 re
222 er
223 s
224 l
225 e
226
227 \__/
228 oo
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015=Usr:272 Talos 08/13/88 21:59 Msg:2083 Call:10003508 Lines:7
230 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
231 Sysop,
232 I didn't see a reply to my last inquirey so I'll try again and call in
233 quicker.
234 I left a message to Zod on here. It was erased. Why?
235 Talos Valheru
236 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
016=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 08/14/88 12:08 Msg:2084 Call:10003517 Lines:3
237
238 >>>DEAD SUNDAY>---O
239
017=Usr:104 Trokin Korka 08/14/88 12:36 Msg:2085 Call:10003518 Lines:27
240 283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
241 "Huh, what?!", I said slowly sitting up, and then I remembered. We were
242 captured! I started, seeing my companions lying on the ground beside me,
243 except for the Guru, who was wide awake and sitting next to me.
244 "How..?", I said.
245 "No problem, just elementary physics.", he said.
246 "Where is Kufur, and Johnny Edison?"
247 "They're fine. Kufur went into Berserkergang, and that's why he isn't
248 here he killed creatures until they retreated with you. Johnny was left
249 unnoticed by the creatures, for he wasn't acting alive at the time, and
250 before you ask, the Brownie woke up before you and went to join Johnny and
251 Kufur, 'to keep an eye on Johnny', he said.", the Guru said, knowingly.
252 "I'll wake the others up-", I said, but Hagbard interrupted me.
253 "Not just yet, I have something to tell you", he said, and I looked
254 intently at him, "You are the one who must learn of himself and defeat
255 your own enemy inside before you can defeat the Dark Ones."
256 "What is my own enemy?"
257 "You will find out, in due time.", he said to me. Then he said, "Wake
258 up everyone, we have to join up with Kufur and the others".
259 The Wanderer woke up the first of all of them and put the white orb,
260 which was still in his hands, inside of his magical bag, which is really
261 a portable nothing-ness that all true magicians carry. Where they can call
262 up materials at a moment's notice. Everyone else woke up then and the Guru
263 lead us back toward where the rest of our party was...
264 ... TO BE CONTINUED BY OTHERS ...
265 P.S. This chapter was entered from Trokin Korka's point-of-view
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018=Usr:71 David Shult 08/14/88 14:38 Msg:2086 Call:10003520 Lines:62
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268 Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
269
270 BIASED COVERAGE OF THE ARIAS PEACE PLAN BY AMERICA'S PRESS
271
272 On August 7, 1987, five Central American nations -- Costa Rica,
273 El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua -- signed a regional
274 peace proposal that was authored by Costa Rican president, Oscar
275 Arias. The proposal, known as the Arias Plan, set specific guidelines
276 and target dates for each nation to comply with in order to stabilize
277 Central America and bring peace to the region.
278 Two separate studies monitoring U.S. press coverage of the Arias
279 peace plan revealed a startling bias in how America's leading
280 newspapers covered the region following August 7th. A national media
281 watchdog group, the New York-based Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
282 (FAIR), concluded that the peace accord set off a U.S. media reaction
283 that "showed once again the extent to which White House assumptions
284 are shared by the national press corps" and how "Reagan's obsession
285 with Nicaragua has turned into a media obsession." FAIR's 90-day
286 analysis of THE NEW YORK TIMES found that the TIMES devoted three
287 times as many column inches of news space to Nicaragua than it did to
288 Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador combined.
289 The other study, by the Media Alliance, a San Francisco-based
290 nonprofit organization of media professionals, monitored stories about
291 the peace plan that appeared in seven major dailies -- THE N.Y. TIMES,
292 L.A. TIMES, CHRISTAN SCIENCE MONITOR, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, S.F.
293 CHRONICLE, S.F.EXAMINER, and the OAKLAND TRIBUNE. The conclusion was
294 the same -- most newspapers followed the Reagan administration's
295 direction as to what deserved coverage in Central America. Altogether,
296 the cmmittee members read, sorted, and analyzed a total of 406
297 individual articles and editorials and found:
298 1) More than 80% of the articles published during the first six
299 weeks after the signing of the plan focused entirely or almost
300 entirely on Nicaragua -- the Reagan administration's demands on
301 Nicaragua's Sandinista government, the prospects for renewed contra
302 aid, or the extent to which Nicaragua was abiding by the Arias plan;
303 2) While the seven newspapers published numerous articles
304 critical of the Sandinistas and their efforts to comply with the plan,
305 serious human rights problems and violations of the plan by the
306 governments of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala went largely
307 unreported;
308 3) Sources quoted for comments and analysis in the seven papers
309 were almost always either administration officials, contra leaders, or
310 representatives of other conservative organizations that advocate
311 military solutions to the region's political conflicts;
312 4) Editors at the seven papers, when contacted by the SAN
313 FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN for its article, generally acknowledged that
314 the national press has allowed the Reagan administration to set the
315 tone for Central American news coverage.
316 One result of the biased coverage of Central America last year
317 was that Americans were outraged when the Sandinistas shut down the
318 CIA-subsidized LA PRENSA (now reopened) while they were not even aware
319 that 70 journalists had been murdered by death squads in El Salvador
320 and Guatemala during the past decade. And that death squad activities
321 have increased in those two nations since August 7th.
322 SOURCES: SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, 1/6/88, "On Central America,
323 U.S. Dailies Parrot Reagan Line," by Jeff Gillenkirk, pp 7, 9-11, 33;
324 EXTRA, Aug/Sept 1987, "Media Put Reagan Spin o Arias Plan," by Jeff
325 Cohen and Martin A. Lee, pp 1, 5-6.
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019=Usr:245 Doug King 08/14/88 17:20 Msg:2087 Call:10003523 Lines:3
329
330 Yawn......
331
020=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/14/88 21:17 Msg:2088 Call:10003527 Lines:15
332 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Hey guys, it's spelled KURFUR, ok????????
333
334 Hey Lord Whatsyerface Beaker,
335 Nice to see you back in the land of imagined reality (is there any
336 other kind?). Congrats, too, on the promotion. Couldn't have happened to
337 a nicer deity. As you've allready noticed, things are getting pretty
338 wierd around here, but what the 'ell, it fills up disk space. At least
339 its not as strange as on the river. Its getting so that an honest
340 Berserker can't get his boat out and go Viking with his friends anymore.
341 By the way, I think I've finally gotten rid of that low-life, Zod. If he
342 shows his border around here anymore, he's gonna get a firm scolding.
343 I'll continue with my monologue as soon as the Brownie gets within
344 range (heh heh!).
345
346 KKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Did you get all that?????????????????????????
021=Usr:245 Doug King 08/15/88 15:19 Msg:2089 Call:10003540 Lines:3
347
348 << Brain Dead >>
349
022=Usr:104 Trokin Korka 08/15/88 15:33 Msg:2090 Call:10003541 Lines:8
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351@ZOD RULES, I AM ONE OF HIS MINIONS
352@THE INNUMERABLE HORD SHALL DESTROY
353@YOU!!! ZOD! ZOD! ZOD! ZOD!
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355@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
356@YO! Zod's Lacky, What's yer name? Or are ya to scared to say?
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023=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 08/15/88 17:52 Msg:2091 Call:10003544 Lines:15
358 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 283###################
359 Wafers, I'm back. Looks like sod got
360 an idiot who's been brainwashed. Too bad,
361 I would have felt sorry for the punk..
362 Oh well. . . . .
363 Hey, talos, how's life? Kev c. here..
364
365
366 say... swhat happened to the boarder pi
367 RAT?
368
369 oh, my 45 colum border is so ya don't think
370 I'm a commie (user)
371 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Sometime monday eve#########
372 ^C
024=Usr:96 Steve LaPlante 08/15/88 21:04 Msg:2092 Call:10003549 Lines:16
373 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
374 Trine returns, finds much to be bored about (anything by a zealot, anything
375 attempting to move me into political tripe, and especially the effete snob
376 and nattering nabob of negativism "writes" about "censorship". Yawn is
377 right! Go Kurfur! You guys are pure and untouched, it seems, by
378 the @#$%$#@## that surrounds your creative and -- please notice, whoever wrote
379 that stuff -- SPONTANEOUS effluvia. (Now I'll find out it was the Sysop, in
380 his other consciousness, trying to convert all of us. Sometimes I feel that
381 the fabric of our society is slowly tightening, and now and then it begins
382 to tear, ever so slightly, so that one of these days, one of these days
383 pilgrims, it will begins to RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIP. See, now
384 he's got me doing it!
385 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
386 /s
387
388
025=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/15/88 21:41 Msg:2093 Call:10003553 Lines:15
389 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | he went out with a glitchhhhhhhhh
390
391@Well, it seems that Zod's finally got the minions (or should I say,
392@minion) he's allways wanted. Good for him. That way, all the fools are
393@together and easy to ridicule.
394 As to being untouched, very little ever sinks into the mind of a
395 Berserker, making us very hard to force to conform to todays values and
396 ideas. In other words, we call them wrongly as we see them (if you catch
397 my meaning). As to caring of the opinions of the SysOp, forget it. All
398 the SysOp is to a good board is the working stiff. It's the members which
399 make it great. Not to say that Mikey isn't a good SysOp, he is (he lets
400 us say what we want without deleting us), it's just that this board would
401 be nothing without the members.
402
403 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I challenge you. Prove you existttttttttt
026=Usr:71 David Shult 08/15/88 23:06 Msg:2094 Call:10003554 Lines:57
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406 Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
407
408 DUMPING OUR TOXIC WASTES ON THE THIRD WORLD
409
410 Exporting hazardous and toxic wastes to Third World countries is
411 a growth industry. The exported material includes heavy metal residues
412 and chemical-contaminated wastes, pharmaceutical refuse, and municipal
413 sewage sludge and incinerator ash. The risks involved for countries
414 that accept our wastes range from contamination of groundwater and
415 crops to birth defects and cancer.
416 Traditionally, the majority of U.S. toxic waste exports have gone
417 to Canada where regulations are less stringent than in the U.S. But
418 now the most abrupt increase is in shipments to the Third World where
419 the regulations are either nonexistent or sketchily enforced.
420 Creating the search for new overseas markets is an explosion in
421 the volume of recorded hazardous wastes beng produced in the U.S.
422 According to the General Accounting Office, the amount rose from about
423 9 million metric tons in 1970 to at least 247 million in 1984; other
424 experts place the current figure close to 400 millon metric tons.
425 U.S. officials, aware of the sensitive legal and foreign policy
426 questions involved, are reluctant to crack down on illegal dumpers
427 and, in fact, the government itself is reponsible for generating a
428 significant portion of the hazardous waste exports. One large illegal
429 operation broken up last year received more than half its toxic wastes
430 from various branches of the Federal government, mainly the military.
431 Some examples of what is happening as discovered by the authors
432 using court records, interviews, and the Freedom of Information Act:
433 Philadelphia is planning to ship 600,000 tons of ash residue a
434 year from its municipal incinerator to Panama which plans to use the
435 materials as landfill for roadbeds;
436 U.S. sludge may end up in the tiny British Caribbean colony of
437 Turks and Caicos Islands which proposes to use it as fertilizer;
438 L.P.T., a company with offices in American Samoa and California,
439 is seeking approval to build an incinerator in American Samoa to burn
440 U.S. wastes and export the ash to the Philippines where it would be
441 used as landfill;
442 Western Pacific Waste Repositories, based in Carson City, Nevada,
443 is poposing to build a hazardous waste storage and treatment plant on
444 Erikub atoll, an unhinhabited area of the Marshall Islands.
445 The key U.S. government officials responsible for monitoring
446 waste traffic claim they are powerless. "Under the federal system, we
447 only have control over what's in the country," says Wendy Grieder, an
448 official in the EPA's Office of International Activities. "Once it
449 leaves, we can't do anything about it."
450 Finally, exported wastes may return to haunt us in a very direct
451 way. "It's possible that we could send sludge to the Caribbean and
452 they might use it on, say, spinach or other vegetables," warned
453 Grieder. And since the Food and Drug Administation checks only a
454 small portion of foods and vegetables that come into the U.S.,
455 exported hazardous wastes could easily end up on our dinner table.
456
457 SOURCE: THE NATION, 10/3/87 "The Export of U.S. Toxic Wastes," by
458 Andrew Porterfield and David Weir, pp front cover, 341-344.
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027=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 08/16/88 00:06 Msg:2095 Call:10003557 Lines:40
461 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
462 Arthur Brownie and The Interdimensional Police officer were trying to
463 decide on a course of action.
464
465 "So mister 'Tag team wrestling Champ", how come you got captured?"
466 John asked the brownie.
467
468 "They hit me from behind, Atleast I wasn't unconciose on the ground.
469 And By the way, what happened to the Tub?"
470
471 "It's back on the beach I assume, did you expect me to carry it
472 on my back?"
473
474 "Why not, with all that brain your missing it would have been easy to
475 take on the added weight!"
476
477 "Really!?, And I suppose you also Have the highest IQ in the world,
478 along with being a great brownie wrestler of course."
479
480 "No, actually I'm third, of course thats in my home Dimension. I
481 might quallify for first in yours, if your any indication."
482
483 "Thatst, No more cards or badmouthing each other, We're going
484 to settle this like men!"
485
486 "Fine with me!" The brownie replied getting to his feet.
487
488 John Eddison charged the brownie, letting out a battle cry. The brownie
489 steped aside and put his foot out, causing the bathroobed man to
490 slide face first into a tree. Thud!!. John Eddison was out of the
491 conciose world again.
492
493 "Well, maybe that will teach you to attack a brownie!" Arthur said
494 looking down at his fallen companion.
495
496 "It's time we got this show on the road!" he said, looking deeper into
497 the woods.
498
499 James of Cassandra.
500 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
028=Usr:272 Talos 08/16/88 02:19 Msg:2096 Call:10003559 Lines:7
501@<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
502@Hmmm, kind of funny I haven't gotten a reply. So Zod has a follower. I
503@guess those two guys can go and admire each other now. I just wish they
504@would keep that crap off the board. Well, I'm working on a story to put
505@on here. So be prepared for some bad stuff (As in, this may stink).
506@ Talos Valheru
507@<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
029=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/16/88 13:07 Msg:2097 Call:10003565 Lines:3
508 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Arthur's back?????????????????????????????
509 M'mmmmmmm. Brownies for breakfast. Nothing better.
510 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Tripping is dishonorableeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
030=Usr:96 Steve LaPlante 08/16/88 13:31 Msg:2098 Call:10003566 Lines:5
511 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
512 Trine back. Sigh. Toxic waste is right. Talos, we will read anything and
513 enjoy. To write in front of others is a true definition of courage. As
514 for Toxic Waste, we will watch the Convention!
515 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
031=Usr:71 David Shult 08/16/88 15:24 Msg:2099 Call:10003568 Lines:62
516 696969696969
517
518 Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
519
520 TORTURE IN EL SALVADOR:THE CENSORED REPORT FROM MARIONA PRISON
521
522 In late 1986, a 165-page report was smuggled out of the Mariona
523 men's prison in El Salvador. The report was compiled by five
524 imprisoned members of the Human Rights Commission of El Salvador
525 (CDHES). The report documents the "routine" and "systematic" use of at
526 least 40 kinds of torture on political prisoners.
527 The report made three main points: first, torture is systematic,
528 not random; second, the methods of torture are becoming more clever;
529 and finally, U.S. servicemen often act as supervisors. What is new to
530 torture in El Salvador, according to the study, is that the use of
531 torture, together with the continued (although diminished) use of
532 death-squad kidnappings of the "disappeared," are all a systematic
533 part of of the U.S. counterinsurgency program there.
534 The Marin Interfaith Task Force, from Mill Valley, California,
535 assembled the smuggled report from Mariona prison into a document
536 titled "Torture in El Salvador." Starting in September, 1986, the Task
537 Force has tried to generate media interest in the story. Suzanne
538 Bristol of the task force, said the group sent the report to the
539 nation's major newspapers, including THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE
540 WASHINGTON POST, THE BOSTON GLOBE, and the LOS ANGELES TIMES, as well
541 as to the wire services. By February, 1987, when Alexander Cockburn
542 wrote his article for THE NATION, UPI had run a Spanish-language story
543 and the report had received coverage on Spanish-language radio, in
544 Mexican periodicals and in Europe. Follow-up calls to the above papers
545 produced nothing, except for two letters in December from Art
546 Seidenbaum of the LOS ANGELES TIMES, who first wrote "You send plenty
547 of homework," and later wrote "We really have ... no staff for making
548 a 1500-word article out of a large series of reports."
549 As Cockburn noted, it was "during this period, on November 22,
550 Secretary of State George Shultz asked Congress to approve nearly $7
551 million in police aid for El Salvador in 1987, providing the necessary
552 certification that the government of El Salvador had 'made significant
553 progress during the six-month period preceding this determination in
554 eliminating any human rights violations, including torture,
555 incommunicado detention ...'"
556 Apparently only one newspaper gave the actual report substantial
557 coverage. The SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER ran two excellent articles by
558 free lance journalist Ron Ridenhour, who quoted State Department
559 spokesman James Callahan saying that the CDHES, the only Salvadoran
560 human rights group recognized by the United Nations, is a communist
561 "front organization." (It was Ridenhour's charges that led to the
562 revelations about the Army's massacre of civilians in My Lai.)
563 On October 26, 1987, assassins, probably belonging to the
564 Salvadoran security forces, murdered Herbert Ernesto Anaya, head of
565 the Salvadoran Human Rights Commission and the last survivor of that
566 commission's eight founders.
567 Anaya also was one of the five original researchers and authors
568 of the smuggled report from the Mariona men's prison.
569
570 SOURCES: THE NATION, 2/21/87, "After the Press Bus Left," pp
571 206-207, and THE NATION, 11/14/87, "The Press and the Plan," pp
572 546-547, both by Alexander Cockburn; SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, 11/14/86,
573 "In prison, Salvador rights panel works on," by Ron Ridenhour, p A-8;
574 Marin Interfaith Task Force on Central America, 7/2/87 letter and
575 various documents, by Liz Erringer.
576
577 696969696969696969
032=Usr:104 Trokin Korka 08/16/88 16:08 Msg:2100 Call:10003570 Lines:12
578@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
579@ONLY TWO GUYS?! ZOD HAS
580@MANY MORE THAN TWO GUYS!
581@AND SOON HE SHALL
582@HAVE THE UNIVERSE
583@BY THE WAY, I
584@AM HIS SECOND IN
585@COMMAND, VOUTIN.
586@THE OTHER ZOD CLAN
587@MEMBER WAS CEDERANON!
588@ZOD!!! ZOD! ZODDDD!!!
589@<><><><><><><><><><><><><>
033=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 08/16/88 16:23 Msg:2101 Call:10003571 Lines:10
590@!!!!!@@@@@####$$$+++++)))))
591@Yeah, and your all the same stupid infantile idiot to! Buy a new computer,
592@one capable of lower case. Oh, havn't you heard? Zod is dead. Kind
593@of leaves the one of you out of a job. (And on the off chance that
594@there are three idiots typing in stupidity from the same terminal the
595@following applies) Enjoy the eighth grade!
596@
597@James of Cassandra.
598@!!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
599@
034=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 08/16/88 17:25 Msg:2102 Call:10003573 Lines:10
600 THIS IS WORLD WATCH THREE>>08/16/88
601 As you can see, the Wilsonville
602 Banzai institute hase been reduced
603 to 40Col. It is a pain. Just let-
604 ting you know I'm still alive and
605 have full rights to the photos I
606 shot in Highschool whit that cute
607 blonde....
608 17:47>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wwiii
609 ^P
035=Usr:96 Steve LaPlante 08/16/88 19:47 Msg:2103 Call:10003578 Lines:18
610 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
611 Flash!!!!! WORLD PRESS UNCOVERS GIGANTIC PLOT TO CULTIVATE
612 CUCUMBERS FOR UNCOUTH POLITICAL AGITATORS!!!!
613 It has been learned by this news agency that nefarious
614 forces are at work placing nonsensical "News Flashes" on
615 BBS's throughout the free world.When interviewed, George
616 Shultz could only say: "I'll take spam, spam, spam, spam,
617 broiled Salvadorean foot leather, spam, spam, and spam."
618 On Thursday, August 18, 1988, when questionned about
619 this bilious bilge, Sam Spade could only reply: "We'll
620 always have, Backwater, Sweetha't."
621 Independent Trine followers inform us that he is in
622 Tenerife, waiting patiently for his 747 to land.
623
624 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
625 list
626 to
627 starboard
036=Usr:104 Trokin Korka 08/16/88 20:05 Msg:2104 Call:10003579 Lines:11
628@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
629@ YO! Zod Freak! You obviously can't read a comic book well enough
630@to figure out for yourself that Gen. Zit got killed off! That raises
631@questions about your mental capacity doesn't it? I guess only a
632@mental miget like you could believe another mental miget. Have all
633@of you sane people out there who hate Zit noticed something about
634@his writing style? I have...He writes something that looks very
635@similar to Kruschev's "We will bury you!", doesn't he?
636@ TROKIN KORKA
637@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
638@
037=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 08/16/88 20:58 Msg:2105 Call:10003581 Lines:3
639 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
640 Talos, You might try asking your question on Blue Parrot.
641 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
038=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/16/88 21:50 Msg:2106 Call:10003586 Lines:9
642 Spam Spa Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam pam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam
643 Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam
644 SpSpam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam
645 Sausage and Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam
646
647 Just testing my macro's guys.
648
649 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | This wasn't a test of the EBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
039=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 08/16/88 22:13 Msg:2107 Call:10003587 Lines:4
651@to the minions( <- HAR,HAR,HAR :-) ) of the late Zod. I know who you
653@are. cease your infantile ravings or be exposed on this board.
654@
040=Usr:322 Stray Cat 08/16/88 22:50 Msg:2108 Call:10003591 Lines:7
655 @#{body}amp;*_)@(#$^*+_)~*(#&)#$)@#&$^!@)(#^%&(^#$_)*@_)#^$_)!(#&
656
657 (yours looked like a starry night, oh well)
658
659 I am officially giving up on JDs. It's busy too _)@(#{body}amp;* often.
660
661 !_)(&#$^)#)(&^!@#_(&$^#)(@*
041=Usr:272 Talos 08/16/88 23:12 Msg:2109 Call:10003593 Lines:5
662 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
663 Hmm. I can post anything I want, but yet my last message was deleted from
664 the board. What's wrong with this picture? Heading for the Blue Parrot,
665 Talos Valheru
666 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
042=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/17/88 11:43 Msg:2110 Call:10003605 Lines:7
667 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Must've been a computer errorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
668
669 A nice guy like Mikey wouldn't resort to (dare I say it) CENSORSHIP, would
670 he? Lets hope so, cause if backwater goes, then whos to say that the weekly
671 Farm Report won't.
672
673 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Censorship is an ugly thingggggggggggggggg
043=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 08/17/88 12:13 Msg:2111 Call:10003607 Lines:7
674 ---=-========--------------=-==============-=--------------=-===========-=--
675 Talos, try posting it again, and if it disapearss again...then the dread
676 stamp has come at last to backwater (shudder).
677
678 Lord Beaker \__/
679 FUG oo
680 -=-----==-=---{=-==========-=----------------------=-=======-=-------=-=====
044=Usr:104 Trokin Korka 08/17/88 12:22 Msg:2112 Call:10003608 Lines:19
681@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
682@YO! Zod Freak! I guess you don't read a comic book well enough to find
683@out for yourself that Zod is dead. That raises questions about your
684@mental capacity doesn't it? I guess only a mental midgit could follow
685@another mental midget. All of you sane Zit haters out there, have you
686@noticed something about Zit's writing style? I have...he writes something
687@very similar to Kruschev's "We will bury you", doesn't he?
688@ TROKIN KORKA
689@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
690@P.S. Isn't anyone going to continue the story?
691@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
692@ THE STAMP OF CENCORSHIP HAS COME TO BACKWATER!!!!!!!
693@ I have noticed that this disk skip numbered lines 583-606 and 634-647
694@, those lines are not there!!!!!!! I wrote a message to Gen. Zit's minions
695@in the lines 634-647, right after the "list to starbord" message. It has
696@dissappeared!! Combined with the deletion of Talos's message, it is proof
697@that cencorship exsists!!!
698@ TRO[IN [ORKA
699@283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
045=Usr:71 David Shult 08/17/88 12:44 Msg:2113 Call:10003609 Lines:19
700 APn 08/15 2127 Miracle Service
701 Copyright, 1988. The Associated Press. All rightc reserved.
702 By WENDY E. LANE Associated Press Writer
703 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Worshipers screamed and lifted their hands toward the
704 sky as a ray of light burst through the clouds Monday evening during an outdoor
705 Mass where thousands ca}e expecting a miracle.
706 Shortly after the 6 p.m. Mass began at St. John Neumann Catholic Church,
707 throngs of pilgrims stood and applauded as many spectators pointed skyward,
708 crying that they saw Jesus and the Virgin Mary and calling id0a myracle.
709 "I saw the sun pulsating a lot and saw Jesus about 10 times," said Mamie
710 Fertitta. "Then I saw Jesus above and the doves below."
711 A dozen priests standing on a rooftop altar and 600 Eucharist ministers
712 turned their bac{c t the crowd to look at the sky and wave. After minutes of
713 silence, St. John Neumann pastor Monsignor Joseph James began to sing "Amazing
714 Grace."
715 People in the audience whipped out cameras to photograph the clouds and
716 light.
717 0 "I saw baby Jesus for an instant in the sky," said Koreth Vargahese of
718 Houston.
046=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 08/17/88 16:33 Msg:2114 Call:10003615 Lines:25
719 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
720 I to would like to comment on the Censorship thqt seems to exist
721 here. I find it to be highly offensive. Backwater is a board were it
722 seemed to me a great deal of freadom existed. Now I see that this fredom
723 is not nearly as unlimeted as I had thought.
724
725@ Zod is a twit, xe k~ows this, it is what he intendst to be. The fact
726@that we comment on this should not be a problem. (Though I think that
727@some of the answers to him have been no better then his and his Pseodo
728@minions Stupid ravings.)
729@
730 All0messages should be left intact, only those which contain offensive
731 language should be removed, and then only to the extent that the offensive
732 language is removed.
733
734 Oh, I did continue the story. I just hope it wasn't deleted.
7350
736 The story entry is still there, try around line 480.
737
738@To whomever: PLEASE RETURN THE ZOD MESSAGES AND REPLIES. SUPPORT A VITAL
739@DEMOCRACY!!
740@
741 James of Cassandra.
742 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
743
047=Usr:)6 Sduve LaPlante 08/17/88 19:51 Msg:2115 Call:10003617 Lines:9
744 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
745
746 Trine's last attempt to access JDs Place= 637629876*&^(*^%9890873)(*&)(*&
747 ++++++++++++++++++0-000)9340xs;nfgiaer tsvbsf ;etc etc etc etc etc etc
748 gobbledegook. Every time I tried to type a word I got the above. It
749 remains the only BBS I have this trouble on, of the six I regularly
750 access. Why is this? Why is there air? What is life?
75! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
752
048=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/17/88 21:21 Msg:2116 Call:10003619 Lines:17
753 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Questions Questionsssssssssssssssssssss
754
75% Whi do I live?
756 Do I really live?
757 Do I even exhist?
758 Does it really matter?
759 Can I go get a Pizza now?
760 Yes?
761 Bye.
762
763 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Identity Crisis Hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
764
765 0L0
76&0 0 \___/
767 U
768
769 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Nifty Huh? No? Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
049=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 08/17/88 23:20 Msg:2117 Call:10003622 Lines:54
770
771 {}
772
773 Hi folks. Lessee, as (un)offisal Wuru of Backwater, I'll try an
774 answer your question about 'life, the universe, and everything':
775
776 It just is. You can't explain why; to do so would make you more than
777 human (i.e., you would have to abandon a 'human' mindset, ant
77( re-pattern along different lines). Simply put (with no offense meant):
779
780 "Because you're there, Schmuck."
781
782 which is one of the few good answers I got from my teacher. The universe
783 simply exists, just the same way as a rock on the roadside exists; how
784 it got there, why it is there, and what makes it different is truely
785 immaterial, as these questions are not asked for in a metaphysical
786 context. The only use for those three questions would be in a pseudo-
'87 framework, i.e., a society or culture, where the questions would have
788 relevence simply because the 'game' of society calls for some kind of
789 value to be placed on this information. Metaphysical elements don't
790 always carry the same kind of0values (if any at all, as it should be
791 pure thought without the cow pucky of social customs and morality), and
792 this is often forgotten when such questions arise. It's been my own
793 experience that people tend not to think; most societies ca|l fb some
794 form of conformance; with that comes the rejection of some actions,
795 most noteably individual thought, as a society trys to promote
796 the group over the individual. This is why you find more Anarchists
797 who are also Metaphysiciqns (or is it magicians? sometimes the two
798 seem the same...) Two good answers to questions you didn't ask:
799
800 1) The best form of government is self-government. This is because
801 government is initially created to protect people from othur `uople in
802 the same society. However, government is usually perverted by others
803 seeking one of the great corruptors, power. Therefore, if people could
804 get off of their lazy buns, think things out, and act on the thought, the
805 world guld0be a better place for everyone. Because you govern yourself,
806 you are (hopefully) given freedom and the interaction of culture without
807 conflict. If this sounds too convoluted, just stick to the first sentence.
808
809 2) The best religyon yc personal religion. In other words, religion is
810 a private and personal experience, and anyone else who would tell you
811 otherwise simply perverts it into power (see #1) because the religious
812 experience is no longer on a personal basis (y.e., you have something
813 or someone you interact with instead of directly communicating/thinking).
814 Everything else is a matter of values. Even the two answers are
815 recieved with bias on the reader's end because of values. I don't
816 cabu whqt the rebuttals are, because I make my own answers. If I
817 didn't, then they would not be my answers, wouldn't they?
818
819 What happened to the story?
820
821 Hagbard Celine, Resident Guru with smile and helpful typing.
822
82#0{}
050=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 08/18/88 02:04 Msg:2118 Call:10003627 Lines:10
824 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@user 283!##############
825 Well well well toxic waste, eh?
826 looks like toxic avanger lived up to his
827 name.
828
829 Well, if you guis |ike, I could put up a
830 BBS *JUST* like BWII, if ya want.....
831 Just say so
832 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@Late thursday...############
833 ^C
051=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/18/88 11:34 Msg:2119 Call:10003633 Lines:12
834 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig0l Good answer, wrong questionsssssssssssssss
835
836 To every question there is a short, easy to understand, cheap, simple
837 and wrong answer.
838
839 Hagbard, what I really want an answer to is whether I can go get a pizza
840 now. The angels n dxe pins can wait till I get back. Also, can any of
841 us prove that Zod exists? If not, then he must only be imaginary, and,
842 therefore, subject to deletion.
843
845 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | What type of Pizza????????????????????????
0%2=Usr:104 Trokin Korka 08/18/88 11:58 Msg:2120 Call:10003634 Lines:39
846 283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
847 Hagbard the answer to life, the universe, and everything is :"42".
848 What's the question?
849 Haven't read the sequels yet. I shall when I can find someplace that
850 has them.
851 I shall be contiuing the story unless the story gets deleted like
852 the messages from Zit and his followers, and our messages back to them.
853
85$ STORY TIME-------------------STORY TIME
855
856 We reached the clearing where Kurfur had slaughtered many of the
857 endless hord of savages, and found the brownie gazing out into the woods
858 with Johnny out cold behind him. I wend0up to the brownie an said, "So
859 you finally did it. You decided to slug it out and that idiot is gone
860 out like a light when we need everybody awake."
861 "Don't be so angry, I can double for that loser in his stead, let's
862 get goinw", said the brownie, who was starting to continue in his
863 put-down of Johnny Edision Inter-dememsional Policeman, when he was
864 interrupted by a groan from the same person which he was criticizing.
865 "Don't they know where to put trees", hu sayd slowly sitting up
866 rubbing his head which contained a rather small brain for its normal size.
867 "Are you all right", I said helping him to his feet.
868 "I will be if I don't get into any more fights with that brownie".
869 "We|l, you better be, for we have to get going while it's still night
870 on this world, so that we can approach the citadel of the Lord's of
871 Darkness under the cover of night".
872 "Trokin is right, even though the Lords of Darkness can see in the0
(73 darkness of the night as easy as in the light of the day, we can still use
874 it to enter into the citadel without the knowledge of the guards.", said
875 the Guru.
876 "Let's get going then. I'm ready for some more battle.", said Kurfur
8'7 awqkening from the Berserkergang sleep that had been upon him for many
878 hours.
879 So, with that, we started off towards the center of the island where
880 layied the Citadel of the Lords of Darkness...
881 ... TO BE SONTYNUED BY OTHERS ...
882
883 This chapter of "The Book of Backwater Adventures" by Trokin Korka.
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053=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 08/18/88 14:58 Msg:2121 Cal|*100 3635 Lines:6
885 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 283###############
886
887 Bumdeal! back at 43 colums (nyea! thpt)
888 I've always wanted to post on a profound place...
889 @@@@@@@@@@@@@Line 900!###############3###3
890 ^C
054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/18/88 16:41 Msg:2122 Call:10003636 Lines:17
891 &*&*&*&*'s
892
893 I along with the others prepared for the final asault on the Dark lords
894 of destructive Chaos.
895
896 Were my path would lie reyo~d this point I was not sure. I could feel my
897 body slowly deteriating as the orb pulled on the last of my researves.
898 There was now a thin cloud suffusing my body. I knew that without some
899 manner of seperation or rebinding I would fade t nothingness.
900
901 The offer of the vieled on played through my mind. I felt myself weakening
902 in that way as well. BarelyI held on and started with my companions
903 towards the Citidel.
904
905 An Astral Dreamer.
906 &*&*&*&*'s
907
055-Usr:428 Mercury X 08/18/88 17:29 Msg:2123 Call:10003637 Lines:10
908 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
909
910 Pizza sounds good, Kurfer...Pepperoni is my favorite.
911
912 Think of what woult happen if we had no sun and no light. The tempature would
913 drop to -483 degrees( I think) F. All metal would become brittle enough to
914 break on touch. Life would cease to exist.
915 Chilling thought, isn't it? (Pun intended.)
916
917 8(((8(((AUG 18((((((((((((((Mercury))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
056=Usr:96 Steve LaPlante 08/18/88 18:07 Msg:2124 Call:10003639 Lines:15
918 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
919 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^N^^^N^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
920 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
921 Trine is back, somehow nourished by the prior P words. One was left out.
922 Hmmm. Censorship? Or simply foppishness? Perhaps it wqc Puce, my favorite
923 P word. But Pizza was fine. What is life, I asked, and received much for
924 my effort. Kurfur knows, but keeps it a secret from the rest of us. Why is
925 that? I think that you may look upon life as an uprofitable episode<
926 disturbing the blessed calm of non-existence. Unless it's pepperoni and
927 olive AND sausage.
928
929 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
930 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^N^^^^^
931 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
932
057=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 08/18/88 19:54 Msg:2125 Call:10003643 Lines:1
933
058=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 08/18/88 22:23 Msg:2126 Call:10003645 Lines:52
93$ K[KKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Well, here goes.................................
935
936 I once asked what life is. After many hours of serious soul searching (I
937 think it was my soul), I think I know what life is. You wanna know? Too
938 bad, you'ru gonna hear it anyways:
939
940 Life is knowing where to get the best Pizza.
941
942 I think that compiles up the last few statements pretty well. Nothing like
943 a composite theory. Now onto deeper thoughts (but I can't swim in the deep
944 end9. Hw do we know we exist? To be alive, we must exist, but life can
945 be imitated or imagined. Existance depends upon what is perceived, but isn't
946 perception a thing intrincis to life, which can be imagined? Therefore, I
947 think that the real auestyon is to prove that you exist, and after that,
948 life is easy to prove. But how? Everything could be imagined, or real, or
949 both. Are there separate realities, or separate perceptions of one reality?
950 If there are separate realities, then who yc to say who's reality you exist
951 on? Yours? Or someone elses? Or maybe they just imagine that you exist. If
952 there is just one reality, then how could we tell, relying on simple
953 perceptions, which (as was said before) can be only imaginet. What is real?
954 How do we know it's real? Is existance a part of reality, or vice versa?
955
956 To put it simply: " Is Canadian Bacon better than Pepperoni?" or something
957 to that effect.
958
959 "42" naw, doesn't fit.
960
961@KKKKKKK[KKK[KKKKKKurfur Redlig | AAAAAIIIIGGGGHHHHHH CENSORSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!
962@
963@Oh, one last note to you Mikey,
964@ Someone once said that only when there is a free press and all men
965@can read, will true freedom be achieved.
966@ I thi~k txat this applies to Backwater too. Censorship is an ugly
967@thing, and it does nothing to promote information. Whether a message is
968@good or bad, usefull or worthless, original or redundant makes no
969@difference. All should have the right to0cee0it. When people tell you that
970@they will leave the board because of certain messages, remind them that they
971@don't have to read them, and that an uncensored board is better in the long
972@run. Besides, (please don't take offense) how do you know ghat we should
973@and shouldn't read? Shouldn't that be our decision? I know that Zod was
974@not putting on anything new, but at least he used the board, and without
975@messages, this board would be nothingOnce again I ask you to please let
976@the }essages run their course. Everyone, I'm sure, would prefer a
977@redundant board to a regulated one. With censorship, stupidity may be lost,
978@but so eventually goes truth and creativity.
979@ With that said, I suggest that we take a vote 8If this truly is a
980@democratic board) on whether we prefer redundancy and obnoxiousness to
981@censorship. So everone, please say Yae or Nae to censorship at the
982@beginning of your next message. After a full disk, I will count the votes
983@ant report on them. Agreed?
984@ I believe that's enough on the matter. On to the next disk, and
985@please VOTE!!!!
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986 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | See you next disk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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