Gun Insertion III  (12/23/99)
	Tobie wrote: (Plus I really do have a horror of a newbie reading a hot report like that that DIDN'T include the safety stuff and blowing someone away.) This was the point that I was torn about for quite a while. I think that people need to know that play like this goes on, that it can be made safer than people generally assume it can, and I would *NOT* post something like this without those safety measures being addressed. The thing is...how do you write something that flows from idea and response and reaction to the next one while being responsible. The way that I decided would be best to present it and *still* make it something that people would want to read and not be distracted while doing so was to put the notice about safety concerns at the top, right at the start, and then not worry about it for the bulk of the telling. Perhaps that's not the *best* way to do it. I don't know. It was what I found the most feasible in this particular instance. And the one that would ensure that people wouldn't *MISS* the safety aspects because they were enthralled or disgusted or whatevered while reading the actual story. I know that I can gloss over such things when *I* read and have to go back later and search for them. This way, they were right there to be seen...not stuck in somewhere in the middle. And, as I said...I was not aware that this was going to be happening until it was. I was not aware of, even after the fact, what safety precautions he took until I watched him write the post. :)