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Message no. 1
From: David Lightfinger <lightfinger@****.COM>
Subject: [ot] Re: This is bordering on the pathetic
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:30:22 -0600
"D. Ghost" wrote:

> >Frank Pelletier
> >fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
>
> Why does that name sound familiar? Actually, I originally misread it
> Peltier ...

Leonard Peltier is a native american still being held by the FBI for
shooting 2 FBI agents 10 years ago, that they even admit he didn't do.

It is a big issue in the Native American movement currently. Check out
http://www.dickshovel.com for more information.

Now back to your originally scheduled panic attack...

--David
Message no. 2
From: "D. Ghost" <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: [ot] Re: This is bordering on the pathetic
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:34:26 -0600
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:30:22 -0600 David Lightfinger
<lightfinger@****.COM> writes:
>"D. Ghost" wrote:
>> >Frank Pelletier
>> >fpelletier@******.usherb.ca

>> Why does that name sound familiar? Actually, I originally misread it
>> Peltier ...

>Leonard Peltier is a native american still being held by the FBI for
>shooting 2 FBI agents 10 years ago, that they even admit he didn't do.
>
>It is a big issue in the Native American movement currently. Check out
>http://www.dickshovel.com for more information.
>
>Now back to your originally scheduled panic attack...

Hmmm ... This does not sound familiar, however, the date puts it at about
the time SR was created... Do you think this is the source of the indian
question thing in theHistory?

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(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
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Edition)

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Message no. 3
From: David Lightfinger <lightfinger@****.COM>
Subject: Re: [ot] Re: This is bordering on the pathetic
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 00:34:57 -0600
"D. Ghost" wrote:

> Hmmm ... This does not sound familiar, however, the date puts it at about
> the time SR was created... Do you think this is the source of the indian
> question thing in theHistory?
>

Not sure about that, but the organization he belongs to, the American
Indian Movement, and the incident he was involved in and others around
the same time frame were definately the inspiration of the Soverign
American Indian Movement (SAIM) in Shadowrun, and the eventual
government attempt to erradicate the Native Americans. One of those
incidents was a takeover of a government military base, which housed
nuclear missiles...and SAIM did the same thing, but launched the
missiles.


--David
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: [OT] Re: This is bordering on the pathetic
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:30:17 +0100
According to Tony Rabiola, at 11:42 on 11 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> I'll ask next. Is "clay pigeons" the same thing as "cannon
fodder"?

No, they're the things you shoot at in skeet/trap shooting (if I got the
name for them wrong, blame it on my dictionary :)

> If so, I can make the connection from there.

I'm not 100% sure anymore how we came to use this term, but it had to do
with some LRRPs in a Vietnam War RPG adventure we played last Saturday. I
believe somebody wanted to shoot pigeons, it turned to clay pigeons, and
then followed a joke about someone who has one of those little shacks
(like you keep pigeons in) full of them. Or something like that, anyway.
Like I said, I can't remember the details.

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Message no. 5
From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: This is bordering on the pathetic
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:48:19 -0600
> I'll ask next. Is "clay pigeons" the same thing as "cannon
fodder"?

No, they're the things you shoot at in skeet/trap shooting (if I got
the
name for them wrong, blame it on my dictionary :)

> If so, I can make the connection from there.

I'm not 100% sure anymore how we came to use this term, but it had to
do
with some LRRPs in a Vietnam War RPG adventure we played last
Saturday. I
believe somebody wanted to shoot pigeons, it turned to clay pigeons,
and
then followed a joke about someone who has one of those little shacks
(like you keep pigeons in) full of them. Or something like that,
anyway.
Like I said, I can't remember the details.


=================

No, that's the right term for them, and I understand now. Thanx for
the details.

Tony Rabiola
rabiola@**.netcom.com
Fourth and Sixth World Adept
(still working on the Fifth)
Proud owner BABY #972

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