Re: Not always joking, it seems

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:57:10 GMT, Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>John Schilling wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:20:08 GMT, "Karl Johanson"
<karljohanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:

>>> As I said, "it can go lots of ways".

>> And yet it never, ever, ever *has* gone the way you describe, in spite
>> of the fact that there have been and still are many human cultures in
>> which a large fraction of the population goes armed.

>> But why bother letting pesky little facts get in the way of the bit
>> where you imagine you're so much better than everyone else?

>How many countries do you know of where "a large fraction of the 
>population *goes armed*?"

Who said anything about countries?  "Culture" != "Country".


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