Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:52, Tom wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 06:51:41PM +0800, 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.
>
> The original purpose of the 2nd ammendment was something like:
> "If you think the politicians you've got are assholes now just see what
> they'd be like if the populace couldn't shoot them if they acted up."
>
I see. I just *knew* there was some reason why Kennedy (plural?), Reagan,
Wallace, Martin Luther King and a few others got shot. It was the
constitution working as intended. ;)
Too bad for John Lennon that someone mistook him for a politician, though.
cr
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