From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 24 20:38:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3033437B637 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 20:38:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA17929; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:36:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:36:47 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Terry Lambert Cc: Paul Richards , Rahul Siddharthan , Arun Sharma , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <20000324233647.A17882@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Reply-To: cjclark@home.com References: <38DB8D34.1A750C81@originative.co.uk> <200003242312.QAA09499@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200003242312.QAA09499@usr08.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 11:12:36PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Not to kick in a gun control thread... On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 11:12:36PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > So this doesn't really prevent legislators from enacting silly > > > laws... only from persecuting people who did those things when > > > they were legal. > > > > Ok, not the best example. I guess the handguns law is a better one since > > it's now illegal to have a handgun in the UK even if you bought it > > before the law changed. > > > > Everyone here who had one was required to hand them in when the law came > > in to effect. > > Cool. Which enthicity are they going to try to eliminate, after > they are sure they have them all? Hmmm... Maybe the people-who-don't-own-rifles-and-shotguns enthicity? When the UN armies roll in, I think your deer rifle is the better choice than the Saturday Night Special. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message