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If I'm not in the Main Core database -- if it exists -- clearly I haven't been meaningfully fulfilling my civic duty.
Anyone who thinks of themselves as a political activist should be embarrassed if they're not in Main Core or otherwise listed somewhere.
As for the fact someone pointed out that Main Line would be (gosh!) 30 years old ... so? Microsoft Windows is 25 years old. Unix is nearly 40 years old. You think folks at the NSA or wherever wouldn't have made improvements and added capabilities? (And surely you're not suggesting that they haven't continuously updated the data itself?)
Hell, firearms are hundreds of years old. Obviously, anyone worried about confronting a mugger with a nine is overreacting. "That sort of weapon is ancient! Just laugh and walk away!"
