-Caveat Lector-
WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peace at any cost is a prelude to war!
"The R E S T of the Story"
_________________________
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»«¤
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
Copyright © 1999 by Gun Owners Alliance (GOA-Texas).
Republication permitted ONLY if this e-mail alert
is left intact in its original state.
We had an interesting alert from the NRA. And how true, that the media
has stooped to new lows in Journalism. However, after the alert, read
"The R E S T of the Story" found below the NRA alert, written by
former NRA Board of Director, Russ Howard. You can reach Russ Howard at:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
With Respect,
- --
Gun Owners Alliance
Chris W. Stark - Director
http://www.GOA-Texas.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
***********************************************************************
NRA-ILA FAX ALERT
Special Alert 11/16/99
NBC's "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" STEPS WAY OVER THE LINE --
Parodies Mass Shooting at NRA Headquarters
Just when we thought the national, anti-gun media couldn't sink any lower,
NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) proved us wrong.
Saturday evening's (Nov. 13) show opened with the regular broadcast of SNL
being interrupted by a mock, special NBC News report. The mock report was
coverage of a mass shooting at NRA headquarters in Washington, D.C. (leave
it to NBC to not even do the most basic research to correctly identify our
headquarters as being located in Fairfax, Va.).
As if making a mockery of a mass shooting at your NRA headquarters was not
tasteless enough, the show went even further by portraying NRA President
Charlton Heston and other staff as being impressed with the shooter's
marksmanship skills. In noting that NRA officials would not press charges
against the shooter, the mock news interviewer questioned the shooter, who
was holding a trophy "awarded" to him by NRA officials.
This skit, coupled with the media's reporting on recent mass shootings at
schools and businesses, conveys the troubling image that, while these
latter incidents are to be met with grief, shock, and horror, portraying
such a scenario at NRA headquarters is a subject to be treated with humor.
Everyone likes a good joke and should be able to laugh at themselves.
This, however, doesn't fall into that category. Making light of a
slaughter at our national headquarters clearly falls outside the
boundaries of good taste, and you need to express your sentiments to
NBC and Saturday Night Live.
ACTION ITEM: Please call NBC's "Comments Line" at 212/664-2333 or E-mail
NBC from their website at www.nbc.com to express your displeasure over
this distasteful skit. You may also write them at: "NBC Viewer Relations,"
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112.
PLEASE CONTACT NBC IMMEDIATELY AND ENCOURAGE YOUR FELLOW NRA MEMBERS TO
DO SO AS WELL!
********BEGIN RUSS HOWARD'S (FORMER NRA BOARD MEMBER) COMMENTARY********
From: CR Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NRA-ILA FAX ALERT: NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE STEPS WAY OVER THE LINE
Chris, Thanks for the forward.
Once again, a pathetic response from NRA that misses the opportunity to turn
the issue around and go on the offensive. They could be saying something like,
"Naturally, we think the skit was irresponsible and tasteless.
Still, we have to admit, parts of it were funny. But we're not
sure NBC's writers understand the irony of their own skit.
Everyone knows that a shooter dumb enough to come here would
have 500 bullet holes in him before he got through the front
door. NRA headquarters is not like the public schools, which
NBC and the other anti-gun media have turned into sitting ducks
by pushing anti-self-defense laws like gun free school zones.
These laws don't produce gun-free schools, they produce killing
zones where psychos are guaranteed that only they will have guns,
and that their prey will be helpless. Since the media helps
create these psychos with the extreme dehumanizing violence of
movies and video games, it's predictable that the media would
protect their pet psychos with laws that leave their victims
defenseless. Some 20 years ago, Israel had a school shooting
problem. Terrorists used to attack Israeli schools and kill
everyone because they knew no one would defend themselves.
But Israelis learned from the Holocaust, and they don't
believe that being good little politically correct victims
is more important than facing reality and taking responsibility
for defending yourself. When Israel began arming teachers and
staff, it was open season on terrorists and the school shootings
stopped almost overnight. Unlike here, nobody in Israel was
stupid or trendy enough to protest that 'we just can't have
armed teachers running around like the wild west.' Unfortunately,
here in the U.S. the media would rather let our children die
than admit that their agenda of disarming decent citizens is
killing people. Americans who believe in the right to keep and
bear arms, like Israelis, don't believe in being good victims.
"Don't waste your time writing NBC. They'd have a bigger laugh
throwing your letters away than they did from the skit. Instead,
call talk radio shows, write letters to the editor, etc., and
make these points to sensible, open-minded people who will
actually listen to you."
Unfortunately, NRA can't say anything like that because Wayne LaPierre and
Charlton Heston have adopted a policy of appeasing the media by publicly
endorsing gun free school zones and calling for full enforcement of all
existing gun control laws. So all NRA can do is tell members to waste
their time writing pointless letters to NBC when they could actually be
doing something productive.
Russ Howard
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
______________________________________________________________
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
Help Support the work of Gun Owners Alliance! Go to:
http://www.goa-texas.org/members.htm
_________________________________________________________________
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤
**COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107,
any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use
without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest
in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational
purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ]
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic
screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters
and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright
frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects
spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL
gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers;
be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and
nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
