Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:49:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <20000325104927.B234@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003241806320.805-100000@acp.swbell.net>; from noslenj@swbell.net on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 06:07:47PM -0600 References: <38DB8D34.1A750C81@originative.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003241806320.805-100000@acp.swbell.net>
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On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 06:07:47PM -0600, Jay Nelson wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Paul Richards wrote:
>
> >Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> >>
> >> > > In one word: tyranny.
> >> >
> [snip]
>
> >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.
>
> I hope they weren't foolish enough to actually hand them in.
>
Most of them did (there was a compensation scheme). The big difference
of course is that over here most people realize that there is no real
justification for *any* civilian, except farmers, to own firearms (we
don't have grizzlies and rattlesnakes, so walking in the hills is
safe).
The law was introduced after the massacre at a school in Dunblane,
Scotland, which was not unlike Columbine (sp?) in the US, except that
the kids were only ~5 years old.
> -- Jay
>
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From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion.
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