On Wed, 12 May 2004 17:47:30 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


"Carl Nisarel" wrote in message
ws.com...

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible
action. - Robert S. McNamara

Hm........

Three scowling lummoxen, cudgels rampant, approach rapidly (in single file)
shrieking fowl oaths interspersed with what can only be interpreted as
threats of physical violence. You cut the legs off the first one with an
eighteen inch Homelite® chainsaw..........

Doesn't fit - that's hardly an "incredible action" if all you've got is an
eighteen inch Homelite chainsaw.

otoh, if you cut off one of your *own* legs - now *that* would be an
"incredible action".

/daytripper (unfortunately, it sucks as a deterrent, so the rule "stands" ;-)