:: (again, as there are no schools where all the students are required
:: to pack side arms).
: Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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: And never, ever will, and no one has ever proposed that it should.
Well... Willie Mookie, as a hypothetical
From: Willie.Mookie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I was imagining what might have happened in a Heinlein version of
events - where all the kids packed side arms.
(of course, that's "did" not "required", but still)
So, as far as "this would happen in the real world if Charlton Heston
gets his way", it's a straw man. As a response to WM, not as much straw.
In the hypothetical, the claim was that the potential berserk with a gun
has only two choices: he doesn't brandish it threateningly, and zero
people
die, or he does, and one person dies (that is, his own self). It's fairly
legitimate to point out that there are intermediates. I find the specific
proposed intermediate where (slight exageration) "all die, oh the
embarassment"
to be particularly unlikely. None of the examples of friendly fire or
panic
fire into innocents were *that* bad, to my initial impression. But still,
it's a legitimate point in response to the WM hypothetical.
Wayne Throop throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://sheol.org/throopw
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