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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Path: sparky!uunet!starnine!mikeh
- From: mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas)
- Subject: Re: NO MORE **$(^*& FEMALE BIMBO ADS!!!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <C01ypp.J8x@starnine.com>
- Sender: mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas)
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:22:36 GMT
- References: <1992Dec1.214037.27948@ugle.unit.no> <BzA9CM.KvG@starnine.com> <1h8ifjINNstn@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au>
- Organization: StarNine Technologies, Inc.
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- In article <1h8ifjINNstn@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> torban@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Torban Bennett) writes:
- >mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Dec1.214037.27948@ugle.unit.no> eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen) writes:
- >
- >[stuff about drugs]
- >
- >>>...if you carry a gun, on the other hand, you're a potential threat
- >>>to anyone who gets in range.
- >
- >>Same with a baseball bat. The range is smaller, but still easy to
- >>bash a skull with. Should we ban those too?
- >
- >Good God! Now I am getting bored with this thread. Mike, have you been
- >reading this thread at all? Why do I feel compelled to spell out to so
- >many people why a gun is more dangerous than a baseball bat ?(or a knife
- >or an IBM PC)
-
- We'd better get used to the fact that PEOPLE are dangerous. They can
- kill
- you with a popsicle stick. The object is not important. When there
- are humans roaming around intent on preying on others, it's all it
- takes.
-
- Which would you rather have to sit beside in a bus... a cop with
- a gun, or a maniac with a baseball bat?
-
- Guns are devices which hurl small metal pieces at around 800 miles-per
- hour. They are not evil or bad. Those are qualities you can attribute
- to humans who damage other humans, be it with guns, knives, cars, bats,
- whatever.
-
- >Really, can't people think about what they're saying for a moment!
- >In fact, I can't make myself do it again (for the umteenth time!)
- >if anyone can't think why baseball bats ARE NOT a good comparison
- >to a gun, then email me for the
-
- You miss the point. Guns are not a good place to start when you
- want to decrease violence... start with those who commit violence.
-
- >
- >"Fact-File:
- > Everything you ever wanted to know about heavy blunt object vs
- > sharp objects vs projectile weapons;
- > an innocent until proven guilty, totally free and unopressed persons
- > guide to anti-crime devices"
- >
- >[more stuff]
- >
- >Mike, I think this thread is really REALLY wearing thin, if you or anyone
- >feels the need to perpetuate it, please send email to me, and we'll
- >flame on merrily over the summer (or in your case, winter) break.
-
- Yes, you ARE out of substance in your arguments.
-
-
-