Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium
On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 04:51, csj wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:32:22 -0600,
> Hoyt Bailey wrote:
> >
> > > > [1] For those (particularly non-US citizens) who don't
> > > > know, back in the mid-1990s, 2 white teenagers from a
> > > > affluent family walked into their High School armed with
> > > > rifles and pistols. They proceed- ed to blow away those
> > > > they didn't like, whatever the reason.
> > >
> > > I have heard a lot about some movie about guns in US called
> > > Bowling For Columbine. I haven't see it yet, but friend have
> > > told it's very good. Now I know where the name came from.
> > >
> > You might be interested in the other side. I have owned guns
> > since I was 13 now 69. Havent shot anyone yet and no plans to
> > do so. 1 of 250e6
>
> I have never owned a gun and I haven't shot anyone either.
> Cultural differences I guess. In most other countries, only war,
> crime and drug lords are allowed to own guns. It keeps the world
> a much simpler place, rather than having potentially 200M average
> Joes and Janes with the potential to do you in.
And that, in a nutshell, is the difference between the US and all(?)
the rest of the world.
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Jefferson, LA USA
"All machines, no matter how complex, are considered to be based
on 6 simple elements: the lever, the pulley, the wheel and axle,
the screw, the wedge and the inclined plane."
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