[42244] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Greenwell)
Fri Sep 14 13:17:55 2001
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:16:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick@cybernothing.org>
To: "M. David Leonard" <mdl@equinox.shaysnet.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, M. David Leonard wrote:
>
> If I'm bitten by a rabid dog and I have it put down, that's not
> revenge. That's prudence. Faced with an incurable disease/mindset
> capable of causing more misery/illness/death one finds oneself in the
> invidious position of having to decide between several obviously
> unpleasant and previously unacceptable alternatives. It's not fair - any
> of it - but it's the situation nonetheless.
If you were one that infected the dog with rabies in the first place, you
might consider ways to avoid doing so in the future to prevent
reoccurances.
