Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:57:26 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: fpawlak@execpc.com, drifter@stratos.net Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? Message-ID: <199806270857.CAA17321@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <19980627034631.A944@stratos.net> References: <19980627034631.A944@stratos.net>
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My hidden microphone recorded (drifter@stratos.net) saying:
% > Overall you are probably better for it. In the US there are entirely too
% many
% > guns walking around. Some of these kids with guns are better armed than I
% was
% ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
%
% Interesting choice of words, possibly indicative of perspective?
% Personification of guns, or "guns walking around", is probably
% a phrase uttered by a gun-control advocate, whereas "criminals walking
% around with guns" is maybe more likely to be spoken of by an NRA advocate.
No, it's well known that guns walk around by themselves here in
the USA. Sometimes they have people attached to them, but the
people are not responsible for any crimes committed, because the
problem is the guns. The people attached to the guns are just
another class of victim.
Right, Frank?
% Now, "kids walking around with guns," that's a toss-up!
That would depend on the kids, and where they are walking. Personally,
I wouldn't send anyone out walking in Wind River Mountains without a
rifle. The US Park Service take all the bears that become a problem
to people in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and dump them
into the north end of the Wind Rivers, which is otherwise backpackers
mecca. As much as I support the right of the bears to their territory,
their right ends as soon as they try to kill me. I'll take ME every
time.
Your mileage may vary. If you relish the idea of being eaten by the
local fauna, let me know. I know where a cougar lives who is big enough
to jump a 200-lb deer carcass onto a rock ledge 7 feet off the ground.
I'm certain he'd enjoy eating a gun control advocate or two. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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