In Chile, armed citizens were able to protect their neighborhoods after the earthquake. There weren't enough police to protect them.
--- On Sun, 3/21/10, geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] Welcome to Deemocracy > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 4:15 AM > You need to read a book called The > Trigger which actually addresses this > question. It is a fictional novel about a device which > renders guns > inoperative over a fixed area and discussed if this makes > people safer or > not. It is an excellent book that I am sure you would > enjoy. It is not > anti-gun nor pro-gun but makes an excellent conceptual > vision. > > I still don't understand how the right to own a gun which > then becomes the > virtual obligation/necessity to own a gun is somehow > connected with > 'freedom'. > > And Australian freedom is multi-faceted. I feel much safer > here than I would > in the USA. And wages are better too generally especially > since more of us > actually have them to spend! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Sunday, 21 March 2010 6:44 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Welcome to Deemocracy > > geoff wrote: > > || At $1 trillion, your GDP is barely 2/3 the size of > Obama's average > > annual budget deficit, 2 years running. Get real!|| > > > > thats the best you can do??? Obviously you much > prefer wallowing in the > > morass of crime and recession than enjoying the > wide-open spaces of a warm > > an genuinely free society with nearly full employment. > Enjoy yourself!!! > > Hi Geoff, > > Free society? They let you have guns again? > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
