Re: Not always joking, it seems

rkshullat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> In rec.arts.sf.fandom Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> mike weber wrote:
>>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:33:07 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
>>>> news:equpr3hf9elknvhr8mg817ol9b1jitv1cr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>> Whether or not the OP wants to admit it, he is blaming the 
>>>> tool,
>>>>> rather than the user.
>>>> You "think" in slogans, which isn't thought at all. "Guns 
>>>> don't kill people, people kill people". And therefore, 100% 
>>>> of the time, it must be the case that the murder would have 
>>>> happened anyway, had there been no gun. 
>>> Actually, you are just about 100% incorrect - i'm closer to believing
>>> that if all guns were *successfully* banned, it would have a
>>> Significant Effect on the homicide stats.
>>>
>>>
>> There are days when I feel that if I had easy access to a firearm 
>> (preferably something like an Uzi), it would have a Significant Effect 
>> on homicide statistics among Civil Servants in Scotland.  (and 
>> sometimes even Lawyers in Scotland)
>>
>> Meanwhile I have my iPod, calming music and flexi-time, which gives me 
>> the option of getting the h*ll out of the office for long enough to 
>> calm down ;-)
> 
> Not picking on Jette, but this is something I see posted frequently. Do
> a lot of people really believe that the only thing keeping them from
> going on a killing spree is lack of a firearm? Do you feel the same way
> about knives and clubs? I grew up around firearms and have never even
really
> considered striking anyone, let alone shooting them. That's not to say I
> couldn't do so in self defense, but I can't even imagine doing so simply
> because someone irritated me.
> 
> 

Fortunately I don't carry a baseball bat with me either and you don't 
find many 2x4s in the average office.  The shelves are fixed to the 
wall and the computer is a bit heavy to throw at anyone.

I have seen punches thrown, but that was in the nightclub during a 
staff Christmas do. (and the fighters were both women)(I avoid staff 
Christmas outings normally)



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Jette Goldie
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