By the Wild West I meant (admittedly in a shorthand version) a social context where there are virtually no legal restrictions on most "real" weapons. I was making no moral judgements about frontier weapon culture or assumptions about the use or misuse of weapons of any sort: I was pointing out that the chances of any middle-ground politician in 21st century England having any thought of relaxing gun controls more than a fraction is hilarious, because the two contexts have very little in common. I don't think it's likely that a conservative party would even relax them to pre-Blair levels. That thought wasn't meant as a personal attack on you: if I'd meant that I'd have been much more scathing.
That said, I'm going to ignore this debate and return to -my- weapon of choice: it has six strings and the word Stratocaster on the headstock. Admittedly, it would make one heck of a cudgel. -- David Harley http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Loe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 August 2007 21:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [funsec] wow - is a "shadow" politician still a > politician? > > On 8/29/07, David Harley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh, wait, even in the OLD wild west these things were rare so now > > > that we're more "civilized" I shouldn't expect to see such > > > spectacles...too bad, always enjoy them in the movies. > > > That's not where you got your ideas of the "Wild West" is > it, movies? > > > > No, it isn't. And your attacking me personally by presuming > so doesn't > > make your position any less laughable. > > > > Clearly, this is a religious argument, not a discussion. > I'm out of here. > > > > Getting out is generally easier than explaining your position > - but I'm not accusing you of that. If you sincerely believe > I was attacking you personally, I apologize, I wasn't. > Further, my comments could not possibly be taken as anything > more offensive than your own characterization of my argument > (the post I was responding to). > > So, you can cut and run or you can explain what the wild west > is... to someone living there. And by doing so propel your > original comments to a level higher than a personal attack. > > -- > Thank You, > Brian Loe > ClintonEO > Clinton Enterprises > www.clinton.com > 1-800-CLINTON _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
