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Mazeppa
Zombie
 
USA
897 Posts |
 Posted - 02 April 2004 : 1:58:06 PM
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I am curious as to why people on this site don't use their real name. Afraid of being burned? Cyber-veils? I also see so few homepages. Just curious......
Robert Dougherty
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Iceheart
Undertaker / Pink Star Lover
 
Australia
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Posted - 02 April 2004 : 2:50:52 PM
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Well Robert, theres a lot of fucking weirdos out there, bad weirdos, and I dont like to use my real name, my whole name, because I dont particularly like the idea of being hunted down, stalked and raped by some sick fuck who thinks its ok to do that.
You can get any info you like from the internet these days, inclduing people's personal details....you just need to know the right places to look.
Why are you using your real name?
And I dont have a homepage because I dont have MY OWN homepage, as in like a personal one. The one I listed is just a fave one that I wanted to share 
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shy
Crypt Keeper
 
Australia
2014 Posts |
Posted - 02 April 2004 : 6:18:36 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Dougherty
I am curious as to why people on this site don't use their real name. Afraid of being burned? Cyber-veils? I also see so few homepages. Just curious......
I am curious why so many people assume that I don't use my real name
As Jaz (Iceheart) brings up about being stalked, I know that I have had fella's turn up at my work demanding to speak with me and guys constantly calling the office, so sometimes its just easier as well as safer to hide behind an alias. I also think that women experience more of these hassles than men.
Just comparing ICQ messages throughout the room here, I know I get about 150 ICQ messages a day compared to the two fellas (which is a pitiful effort I must say) and I am pretty sure they have never been asked if they will allow someone to douse them in honey, dress them in a ballerina outfit and take photos of them... whereas I have been asked.
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
897 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2004 : 06:14:14 AM
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Thank you for the explanation, I was just curious. I use my real name because I have no need to hide. I realize persons can look me up,
this does not invoke fear in me. Heck, I am even listed in the phone book!
Is it true they outlawed personal firearms in Australia, and then the murder and robbery rate went up 300% And then someone defended themselves against a weirdo by using a sword, and then Australias government made sword posession illegal?
Not being a stalker or a rapist, but a well balanced dude with a lot of work and multiple interests, I can never understand the mentality of the weirdos, nor Shys' description of her E-mails....Egads. I am certain if I were getting messages like that, I would go clandestine!
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CAT
Ghost
 
Canada
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Posted - 04 April 2004 : 07:52:07 AM
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| I use part of my real name CAT...Catherine..it's just easier to write because it's three letters instead of 9! |
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Buckshot
Man Pussy
Australia
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Posted - 04 April 2004 : 10:58:32 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Dougherty
Is it true they outlawed personal firearms in Australia, and then the murder and robbery rate went up 300% And then someone defended themselves against a weirdo by using a sword, and then Australias government made sword posession illegal?
I've been a shooter for 15 years and used to work in the Australian sporting firearms industry until new laws decimated it in 1996.
After the Port Arthur Massacre of 1995 where Martin Bryant shot and killed 35 people on a shooting spree at a Tasmanian tourist location Australia states and territories banded togther and created new stricter gun laws.
Semi automatic rifles and shotguns and pump action shotguns were all banned and the government purchased them in a buyback scheme. All firearms had to become registered even your Dad's old .177 air rifle !
There was already a licencing system in place where a genuine need for firearm ownership has to be established - active member of a gun club or vermin destruction.
Handguns can only be owned by an active member of a pistol club who shoots at the club at least 12 times per year - it is also illegal to hunt with a handgun.
Last year stricter hand gun laws were introduced, anything bigger than a .38 was banned. I lost the Norinco 1911 .45 above to this. Magazine capacity has also been reduced to a maximum of 10 rounds.
As for swords I'm pretty sure they aren't banned, kanjo would be the man to ask about that being heavily into the martial arts scene. You can buy ornamental swords like big Conan the Barbarian looking peices or even the beautiful replicas of the swords from the Lord Of The Rings films (somebody by me an Elven sword please !) without too much trouble.
Just don't wander down the street with one like they do to the guy in Melbourne who keeps popping up in public places with a sword claiming to be an Immortal Highlander, the Police like to quickly demonstrate how there doesn't necessarily have to be only one as they pepper spray him to the ground.
The thing is, buybacks and tougher gun laws haven't at all lowered the gun crime rate in Australia with gun crime here in Sydney running rampant with gang wars being played out by Asian gangs and "gentlemen of middle eastern appearance" as they are described in the local press. Sydney's streets are awash with illegal handguns.
Cheers, Buck.
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
897 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2004 : 12:27:22 PM
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Thanks Buck,
I get a lot of E-mails from a firearms dealer in Australia, he says the situation regarding firearms ownership there has become horrible, as I don't live there i don't know. I do know that violent firearms crime rates increase tremendously in places where one cannot legally own a firearm, Washington D.c. (one of THOSE places) and New York City are prime examples. My nations capital, where one is NOT allowed to legally carry a firearm, unless you are a policeman or a member of a government agency, has the highest murder rate by firearms in the country. Go figure.....
I live in a rural country area. We have no firearms crime, maybe an occasional hunting accident..... We also have no illegal DRUG PROBLEM, no loads of people spewing out babies to be subsidized by welfare, no immigrants.....not since 1940 or so....hey, I visit cities, I also am in posession of a concealed carry permit. Victimized? No. And yes, we are armed to the teeth out here, many of us are ex-military and we don't need to put up "neighborhood watch zone" signs. We take care of our-selves.
Sorry they took your .45
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Buckshot
Man Pussy
Australia
327 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2004 : 1:30:07 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Dougherty
)I also am in posession of a concealed carry permit.
How hard are thy to get in the US. The concealed carry permit is like this legendary thing of dreams for shooters here in Australia. May I ask what what you carry ?
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Originally posted by Robert Dougherty
)Sorry they took your .45
Don't get me wrong...my interest in handgunning had tappered off and I wasn't using it as much as I should and I got paid 3 times as much as it cost me but the fact that honest law abiding shooters get lumped in with the crimes committed by gun toting criminals really pisses me off. I have personally handed in 4 firearms over the last 10 years to be thrown in the crusher because of someone else's crime.
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mistresskitty
Poltergeist
Canada
254 Posts |
Posted - 06 April 2004 : 1:28:33 PM
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
897 Posts |
Posted - 06 April 2004 : 4:10:17 PM
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With All due respect, Mistresskitty, could you interpret that last posting? I honestly could naught understand it.
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CAT
Ghost
Canada
244 Posts |
Posted - 07 April 2004 : 02:13:38 AM
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| HAHA Asleigh is talking about this great show "WOKING WITH YAN" It's like a chinese show and he wears something different on his apron every show...don't ask hehe. |
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
897 Posts |
Posted - 07 April 2004 : 08:41:45 AM
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Thanks, I LOVE wok cooking, but don't watch tv. I know you said not to ask, but what kind of things does he wear on his apron?
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mistresskitty
Poltergeist
Canada
254 Posts |
Posted - 07 April 2004 : 11:36:11 AM
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Woking with Yan is basically what cat said and he's crazy and his accent is thick so you cant understand him and his on OMNI 2 if you live in canada at 11:00pm or 11:30pm and 12:00pm during the day woot!
I think you should look him up hes crazzzy!
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Nothing
Ghost
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 08 April 2004 : 09:56:13 AM
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well i dont use my parent given name because my REAL dad named me Nothing i also dont use myOTHER name because i have some/a lot of people who want to kill me so
anyway a dont do guns there unnatral(spelling )i carry a yard long chain,razorblades,boot knives,pocket knives,and the occashonal whip or sword. |
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Ascended Monkey
Crypt Keeper
Australia
91 Posts |
Posted - 08 April 2004 : 12:53:52 PM
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Just to make all forum posters aware, the moderators of these forums strongly encourage the discourse of the posted topic, and whilst the moderators are not against interactive postings, they will not tolerate posts that are essentially personal conversation and are off topic.
A continuance of this practice WILL result in person(s) being excluded from the forums.
If there is something you would like to talk about that is off topic start a new topic. If you don't now how to do this, ask!
On a more positive note, the lions share of postings that are being put on are fantastic and are an interesting read.
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
897 Posts |
Posted - 14 April 2004 : 3:56:39 PM
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Dang me, it was just getting interesting. I for one was wondering why a parent would name his child "Nothing."
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