Posted by COMF [COMF] on October 26, 1999 at 20:25:55 {c/rgKhj4Nc0vgA2d.KEIoRa3VCcycQ}:
In Reply to: ****JUST WHAT IF . . .? posted by 5GJW on October 26, 1999 at 20:14:54:
I thought about the malicious aspect of it... really, I don't see how it could be all that harmful to ros in reality, anyway. Everybody watching knows the risks involved and has seen ros' cautionary remarks. I can't imagine anyone being calloused, or stupid, enough to denigrate her for doing what she is.
But beside that fact, even if it was potentially harmful to ros I doubt that Gary would realize it. He kind of drifts around in a murky soup-world where perception doesn't extend very far, you know? I think he'd be perfectly capable of doing this with ros in the same spirit as proclaiming himself the messiah, with the same double-think that lets him be serious and tongue-in-cheek at the same time regarding his messiahship.
I figure, if ros really came to any harm from it, Gary would be filled with genuine remorse; but that it would not occur to him ahead of time that anything like that could happen. I honestly think the guy wouldn't harm a flea on purpose.
COMF