Matt Broze said: The devil inside may be something that only comes out when he sits all alone with a keyboard in front of him. This may be more common than I realize. Matt, I have worked in the federal criminal justice system for 32 years. I have had a numbner of clients over the years who were exactly as you describe - they were nebbishes who became Rambos when alone with a typewriter (in the old days), a pen, or a computer in front of them. Most of these clients were charged with threatening the president, some with threatening various federal judges. Judges were often threatened, when this happened at all, over having dismissed the person's lawsuit that was filed and handled by the person themselves without a lawyer. Only one of these folks ever actually had a prior record and was not mentally ill. And he owned no weapons and was never seen anywhere near the judge. One of our judges here had her husband and mother murdered by a guy whose case she had, reluctantly, dismissed. But he never wrote anything other than a suicide note. So, in my opinion, you are exactly right. I think we all become legends in our own mind (maybe I should only speak for myself) but some people's brakes don't work as well as their gas pedals. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 03 2007 - 11:36:46 PDT
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