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- From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
- Subject: Re: PC, Redneck President, and other bad news. (was Re: Amiga 1200)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180454.29626@usl.edu>
- Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
- References: <1e2imsINNr9e@mozz.unh.edu> <1992Nov15.003931.1679@msus1.msus.edu> <torban.721896754@csuvax1>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:04:54 GMT
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- In article <torban.721896754@csuvax1> torban@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Torban Bennett) writes:
- >kevin@msus1.msus.edu writes:
- >
- >>In article <1e2imsINNr9e@mozz.unh.edu>, ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
- >>writes:
- >>>
- >>> '>Actually, what use would you have for it except shooting people and use
- >>> '>it to threaten them?
- >>>
- >>> You can say that about any rifle or pistol. Yet Congress has
- >
- >> .....or baseball bat or kitchen knife or a 2 x 4. It's the person
- >>weilding the object that makes it threatening.
- >
- >Wow! You're right! I wonder why the US army doesn't have a crack 2 x 4
- >commando squad! You could make a million selling baseball bats to re-arm
- >the front line troops.
-
- Naw, the Iraqis already tried that... :-)
-
- >OK, so basically any solid object on the planet that you can pick up, can be
- >used in an offensive manner. The point is though, somethings are just a tad
- >more effective than others.
-
- No, I basebal bat with a nail through it can kill as can a gun.
- It may be easier or more convienient with a gun, but they are both lethal
- if used a certain way. There is no variation of DEATH, mind you.
-
- >As a simple experiment, walk into a crowded shopping mall, weilding a 2x4,
- >see how many people you can maim or kill in 30 seconds.
- >Now repeat the experiment with a semi-automatic rifle.
- > (lets use a domestic brand, and help the balance of trade figures, who
- > wants our money going over-seas? ;-)
-
- Come on- so we are talking about a time-rate-of-kills, now? And we better
- get rid of that 2X4, too, since it could kill more in 30secs. than, say,
- forced food deprivation.
-
- >Torban Bennett - adding to the thread that will NOT die. I'm taking bets
- > on which will last longer, FEMALE BIMBO v. CLINTON/GORE. Actually
- > this thread is now a hybrid of the two.
-
- Heh heh. Pinch Paula's butt and 'FEMALE BIMBO' will long outlast
- CLINTON/GORE.
-
- >>Kevin Whyte kevin@msus1.msus.edu
- --
- Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu
- "There once was a Lady from Hyde/who ate some bad apples and died/but while we
- lamented/the apples fermented/making cider inside her inside!"
- -Member of the Court, Texas Renaissance Festival
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