From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 27 01:57:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA11301 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 01:57:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA11279 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 01:57:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id CAA17321; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:57:26 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:57:26 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199806270857.CAA17321@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: Does it's true? From: Wes Peters To: fpawlak@execpc.com, drifter@stratos.net Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: Wes Peters In-Reply-To: <19980627034631.A944@stratos.net> References: <19980627034631.A944@stratos.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Mailer: BeatWare Mail-It 1.6 (TrialWare) X-BeOS-Platform: Intel or clone Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id BAA11291 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message