Both of you are just stand up guys. I am SO glad you strayed from pinball to address the evil and tragic events which are occurring daily across the land. One of my roomies is an Eritrean refugee and, although he came here legally and is now a U.S. citizen, many of his friends who visit are not so lucky. And they are SCARED!
Sadly, I am 6200 miles away at the moment so I won’t be able to join in tomorrow, but the need for sustained collective action is greater now than it has been in my lifetime. I don’t know how old the two of you are, but you are way younger than me, and it brings a little spritzer of hope and happiness to me to know that there are young people out there who are not just sitting this one out. I have long since taken my Phil Ochs records out of storage and placed them into heavy rotation on my iPhone. I recommend him. He is a good companion and the current fight will be long and hard. All the best!
LOL. If you think what's happening in Minneapolis is about politics, then you're either ignorant or foolish. This is about people. We have always covered stories about people. Deal with it or leave. Either way is fine by me.
First, it's not funny (your LOL). Second, if you have to apologize "so sorry you’re having to read about it in a pinball newsletter" then it's not relevant to the newsletter. Finally, I don't appreciate your ultimatum, but since you made it then I guess I'll have to leave. What a shame. Bye.
Pinball was literally banned in cities across the US for nearly four decades because it was considered gambling. And, that went on for nearly thirty years following the invention of the flipper, which made it a game of skill.
Local governments seized and destroyed pinball games because they were misclassified. Horrible, right?
But then, actual humans advocated for policy makers to reconsider their stance and in the end pinball was decriminalized. Kinda like how politics works.
But, what with your head stuck so far up your own ass, I can understand why you’d want to keep politics out of pinball.
Both of you are just stand up guys. I am SO glad you strayed from pinball to address the evil and tragic events which are occurring daily across the land. One of my roomies is an Eritrean refugee and, although he came here legally and is now a U.S. citizen, many of his friends who visit are not so lucky. And they are SCARED!
Sadly, I am 6200 miles away at the moment so I won’t be able to join in tomorrow, but the need for sustained collective action is greater now than it has been in my lifetime. I don’t know how old the two of you are, but you are way younger than me, and it brings a little spritzer of hope and happiness to me to know that there are young people out there who are not just sitting this one out. I have long since taken my Phil Ochs records out of storage and placed them into heavy rotation on my iPhone. I recommend him. He is a good companion and the current fight will be long and hard. All the best!
Hell yeah, John. We got this one :)
Keep the politics out of pinball please
LOL. If you think what's happening in Minneapolis is about politics, then you're either ignorant or foolish. This is about people. We have always covered stories about people. Deal with it or leave. Either way is fine by me.
First, it's not funny (your LOL). Second, if you have to apologize "so sorry you’re having to read about it in a pinball newsletter" then it's not relevant to the newsletter. Finally, I don't appreciate your ultimatum, but since you made it then I guess I'll have to leave. What a shame. Bye.
Byeeeeee
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/124516-trump-to-convert-entire-city-of-minneapolis-into-insane-asylum-2026-01-23
Funny thing about pinball and politics.
Pinball was literally banned in cities across the US for nearly four decades because it was considered gambling. And, that went on for nearly thirty years following the invention of the flipper, which made it a game of skill.
Local governments seized and destroyed pinball games because they were misclassified. Horrible, right?
But then, actual humans advocated for policy makers to reconsider their stance and in the end pinball was decriminalized. Kinda like how politics works.
But, what with your head stuck so far up your own ass, I can understand why you’d want to keep politics out of pinball.
God is great!
At least that was pinball related