Oh how I wish I had never unintentionally started this thread!
> My profound apologies to list members who are sick and tired of this OT > debate. My country was disparaged on the list so I ~insist~ upon > defending it's honour on the list. If the NRA flunkies had made this a > private debate or had preferably chosen to SHUT THE F*** UP about their > right to bear arms. It may be pertinent to USA but as this is an > international list it is not germaine to any topic we care to entertain > ourselves with, thank you very much. > > My rebuttal of Bob's trash is in-line, below. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > #1. The only real sources acceptable for proof or disproof are source > data > > (by you or me). > > > > What do you mean? If you mean yours or my original research then > there's no point in debating any issue with you, because you have > unilaterally banned all external statistics. Was the souce data for > your later extrapolated numbers your personal source data? I doubt it > but you hypocrited yourself by using them. It sounds more like an NRA > ploy to exclude statistics that embarrass them and point out their > falsity. Anyway, I'll trust my country's Bureau of Crime Statistics > (which is an administrative body not part of any political organization) > infinitely more than I would trust USA's National Rifle Association > (which is a self-interested lobby group) > > > #3. Political sources are most often more biased than lobby groups > (either > > way). > > > > The Bureau of Crime Statistics is ~not~ a political group, see above. > > > #4. a. The issue is ....... (extrapolations and rationalisations > snipped) > > I'll believe the ~reliable~ statistics from Australia's BCS, thanks. > The NRA has an agenda to promote private ownership of needlessly > powerful weapons. They have ~proven~ their capacity to produce false > "facts" in support of their case. If you wish to believe them then do > so, you are free and it is your right. I am also free and have > extremely wide freedoms, 'though the NRA would tell you otherwise. > Australia ~is not~ a police state even if the NRA has used that term to > describe us (more lies). > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > > PS: Please send any reply/response via private e-mail, that way only I > will need to bin it, rather than every list-member. More importantly, > that way my country will not be futher publicly insulted by lies. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
