Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:54:47 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guns ans roses Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000327005447.00a95ae0@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <38DE879C.E46D6C24@tutopia.com> References: <38DCC0D3.99AB6F28@originative.co.uk> <38DB8D34.1A750C81@originative.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003241806320.805-100000@acp.swbell.net> <20000325104927.B234@parish> <38DCC0D3.99AB6F28@originative.co.uk> <3.0.6.32.20000326005810.00a9dd00@mail85.pair.com> <3.0.6.32.20000326112257.00a40ca0@mail85.pair.com>
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At 16:56 26-03-2000 -0500, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: >Someone was mentioning here that Latin America's catholics wouldn't like >"Chuck", well... my sister in law converted to a (US-based) Christian >church and now their kids are not allowed to look at Batman because of >"those pointed demon-like horns" (the ears!). Hehe. Some people did not like Mr. Spock when Star Trek first came out, because he had pointed ears, hence had to be the devil himself. ;) >In sum, I agree education is very important, but it would be better for >all of us if the danger was abolished or at least controlled. Among other things, I've got a degree in Canon Law (that's the law of the Catholic Church). One of the things they taught us was that it is pointless to make laws based on philosophical/theoretical ideals but only laws based on realistic expectations. Based on the strong feelings about guns in the US, I believe the most realistic way to deal with guns is by insisting on proper training. Banning guns is just not going to work in the US. As I said, I only bought a gun when I became a deputy sheriff. Now I no longer carry it. But I was brought up in Europe. When I analyze the situation in the US, however, I am looking at the US culture, of which firearms are an important part. Based on that, and only that, I believe the only thing the government in the US should do is insist on proper training. Anything else is unrealistic. A government of the people must consider the people and some theoretical ideals. They should have learned a lesson when they tried to remove Bill Clinton from office. The people clearly wanted Clinton to be left alone, while the Congressional Republicans were screaming about moral theory, and only managed to anger everyone. Cheers, Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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