On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 00:21, ScruLoose wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:49:28PM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 04:51, csj wrote: > > > > > > > > I have never owned a gun and I haven't shot anyone either. > > > > Cultural differences I guess. In most other countries, only war, > > > > crime and drug lords are allowed to own guns. It keeps the world > > > > a much simpler place, rather than having potentially 200M average > > > > Joes and Janes with the potential to do you in. > > > > > > And that, in a nutshell, is the difference between the US and all(?) > > > the rest of the world. > > > > The reason the 2nd is there is so that King xyz or our own goverment will > > never take our freedom. With a few exceptions the rest of the world is not > > "free" and that is the =*Difference*=. > > Great theory. Shame it's such a dismal failure in practice. > People have been getting "disappeared" lately in The States. Somebody > whispers "terrorist" and you get the midnight arrest, conviction in a > completely secret tribunal, family and friends don't even know what > you're _charged_ with... > But of course, nobody's gonna take your freedom, nossir! 'Cause you've > got a gun, and it at least makes you _feel_ powerful and safe.
"disappeared"? Do you have any evidence of this? A URL from a semi-respectable organization will do. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA An ad run by the NEA (the US's biggest public school TEACHERS UNION) in the Spring and Summer of 2003 asks a teenager if he can find sodium and *chloride* in the periodic table of the elements. And they wonder why people think public schools suck... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]