This weekend I got a strange, accusatory email. He was obviously confused by one of my entries and the knee jerk reaction was to call me on it. I can understand that, even empathize with him a bit. I took care of Mapblast feedback for two years and have seen people get really bent at some seemingly minor things. But what really got to me was the line:

If you are half as smart as Saddam Hussein you will...

Huh? I'm not sure how to read this. Is Saddam Hussein the new metric for smartness? Does comparing me to Saddam reinforce that I am an evil dude? Is there an un-stated threat that this guy will go George Bush on me?

Faith • 2002-10-16 11:00pm

Well, I started to write a silly psychological email about invincible foes and people who like to instigate fights and all that. But, I decided it was a waste of time.

But I am now curious about Saddam's education background. Maybe he's taken IQ tests. I mean, he did get biological agents MAILED TO HIM by companies in the United States (during the Iran/Iraq War) and now we're worried about him using those weapons on us. Hmmmmmm.....

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