[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: America's gun control laws criticized abroad 17 April 2007 - The shooting of 32 students at a US university campus, Virginia Tech, sparked criticism of US gun control laws around the world Tuesday. Editorials

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: America's gun control laws criticized abroad 17 April 2007 - The shooting of 32 students at a US university campus, Virginia Tech,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread gullible fool
It's not the guns, it's their owners. Americans use their guns to kill people with because they're Americans and that's just what Americans DO. The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as I was made aware of this incident. Examine

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not the guns, it's their owners. Americans use their guns to kill people with because they're Americans and that's just what Americans DO. The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:01 AM, boo_lives wrote: It's not the guns, it's their owners. Americans use their guns to kill people with because they're Americans and that's just what Americans DO. The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:19 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:01 AM, boo_lives wrote: It's

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Barry wrote:] It's not the guns, it's their owners. Americans use their guns to kill people with because they're Americans and that's just what Americans DO. The perpetrator in this case was not an American.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 4/18/07 10:36:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as I was made aware of this incident. Examine his culture. OK, let's examine the crime culture of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It wasn't his culture, it was his mind. The guy was mentally ill. While I agree, as an American Ex-pat By Choice I have to try to remind those still living within the mindculture of America that this particular brand of mental

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Peter
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/18/07 10:36:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as I was made aware of this incident. Examine his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Lsoma
In a message dated 4/18/2007 12:52:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com) , [EMAIL PROTECTED], MDi It wasn't his culture, it was his mind. The guy was mentally ill. While I agree, as an American

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:34 AM, authfriend wrote: The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as I was made aware of this incident. Examine his culture. OK, let's examine the crime culture of South Korea as compared with that of the U.S.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/18/07 10:36:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [gullible fool wrote:] The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Patrick Gillam
Here's the conservative argument: arm the good guys. This, from the city where I work: http://tinyurl.com/ys7gvp At least nine bullets were fired in a shootout Saturday morning at a downtown bar that ended with the gunman who allegedly instigated the shooting hospitalized after he was

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: America's gun control laws criticized abroad 17 April 2007 - The shooting of 32 students at a US university campus, Virginia Tech, sparked criticism of US gun control laws around the world Tuesday. Editorials

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I remember a great bumper sticker that was popular on the M.I.U. campus in the winter of 1977-78: Support the Right to Arm Bears. Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the conservative argument: arm the good guys. This, from the city where I work: http://tinyurl.com/ys7gvp

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread gullible fool
I didn't even want to touch that one as it seemed there was so much inherent prejudice in the last 2 sentences. My attention was not to criticize the culture of the man's birth country, only to refute the statement some were making here that this kind of thing is just so very American.