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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:21:27 +0200
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
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Simon Clubley wrote:
> In article <1122305318.728942.304120@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, strictly_mk@hotmail.com writes:

>>The is supposed to be a basic database to monitor a group of made up
>>citizens and their badness rating.

> At least you didn't ask someone to design a weapons system for you. :-)
> 
> I am trying to decide if this is a troll or a homework assignment.

I'm trying to figure out what badness is, here. Or a bad citizen.
So far I have learned that in English, "He's bad!" can be a statement
approving of someone's favorable qualities. OTOH, the political
pendulum is currently swinging to the watchers side, so we might
be witnessing another large scale surveillance project.

Could someone do me a favor and elucidate?

TIA,
Georg