Thanks,
Stephen
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
>
> David Luyer writes:
>
> > Please, kill this thread.
>
> Good...
>
> > I hadn't realised quite how insane Americans are until this guns thread
> > came up. I didn't want to respond to it but the idiocy has dragged me
>
> Oops! You don't want to kill the thread. You want the last word.
> You are of course wrong, and thus the thread continues.
>
> > into it - the belief of Americans that their constitution is the
> > law of the world
>
> Errm, no. The constitution does not grant rights. It guarantees some
> of the rights which are given to everyone by God.
>
> > (a country with laws which bans export of encryption and yet do
> > nothing to stop the masses from owning firearms).
>
> Both are issues of freedom. If you do not defend your freedom,
> it _will_ be taken from you. Sadly, encryption was not defended
> well enough. At least we still have a few small weapons.
>
> > 1: This doesn't belong here.
>
> Neither does your I-get-the-last-word post.
>
> > 2: There is no "natural right to bear arms".
>
> There you go again, adding fuel to the fire. You ought to fight
> for your natural rights. Those that give up their freedom for a
> bit of comfort deserve neither and will get neither. All throughout
> history, oppressive governments have disarmed people so that the
> people may be controlled like dumb sheep. (you are a dumb sheep)
>
> > Their pro-guns and pro-racism policies put them right where they
> > deserved to be - out of parliament.
>
> That's quite a bit of fuel right there, associating gun ownership
> with racism. Gun owners can shoot KKK members you know! That might
> be justified too, if you are a victem of them.
>
> > The Australian society has grown up and realised that a society
> > without guns is a far safer society. It takes a cursory glance at
> > the statistics of violent crimes and deaths to realise that gun
> > ownership is not a sensible thing for the masses.
>
> We banned gun ownership in Washington D.C., and crime rates soared.
>
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