From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed Jun 09 1999 - 18:39:59 MDT
Date sent: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 09:32:59 -0400
From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com>
Organization: http://lorrey.com http://artlocate.com
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: [GUNS] Re: Better people
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> dwayne wrote:
>
> > EWyatt794@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Life is individual. Death is individual. Noone has as much to lose from dying
> > > as the person who would be dead. Every person must be free to defend their
> > > life. If your neighbors possession of gun(s) bothers you, then perhaps you
> > > ought to *get over it*. I'm not willing to let myself be killed, stolen from,
> > > wounded, etc, because you feel unsafe due to my gun(s).
> >
> > My neighbours don't have guns. No one I know has a gun. I live in a
> > country where guns are banned. I like it here. I think anyone who wants
> > to live in a country where everyone has guns is mad.
>
> So said the sheep to the mountain goat. You do know policemen? Military personnel?
> Your government representatives? They all have guns, and are in a position to tell
> you how you can live your life. You have no guns, and therefore cannot resist what
> they tell you. There is one word to describe such a society: fascism.
> > But
>
But those who want to live in a democratic republic where the
irresponsible (convicted violent criminals, children and the mentally
incompetent) may not own guns but everyone else may if they so
choose is eminently rational.
>
> > > a peaceful person needs to be free to work to support his life, and he needs
> > > to be free to fight to defend it.
> >
> > No one needs to have weapons to kill people at a distance. The only
> > reason to have them is to protect yourself from people who have them.
> > Argh, shit, I'm being sucked into this stupid argument again!
>
> Its a matter of you refusing to acknowledge your own blind spots. Who protects you
> from the government? From the criminals who do not obey your laws against gun
> ownership? Get a new newscaster yet?
>
"Clem, get yer squirrel gun an' let's overthrow the gummint!"
Sheesh! Every time someone puts this specious reasoning forth, it
sounds more ridiculous (and don't bring the Swiss up; the main
reason the Reich didn't invade them was that the Swiss were hiding
their billions in stolen gold for them).
> --
> TANSTAAFL!!!
>
> Michael S. Lorrey
> Owner, Lorrey Systems
> http://www.lorrey.com
> ArtLocate.Com
> http://www.artlocate.com
> Director, Grafton County Fish & Game Assoc.
> http://www.lorrey.com/gcfga/
> Member, Extropy Institute
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> Member, National Rifle Association
> http://www.nra.org
> "Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
> - General John Stark
>
>
>
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