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- From: adams@lars.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Brynach ap Adda)
- Subject: Re: the US elections...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.210319.1985@news.stolaf.edu>
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- Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
- References: <1228@abb-sc.abb-sc.COM> <1992Nov14.003413.8356@henson.cc.wwu.edu> <1992Nov17.225556.1732@radian.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:03:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.225556.1732@radian.uucp> markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr) writes:
- >>ksm@abb-sc.abb-sc.com (Ashley) writes:
- >>>... the other night the police gunned down a man who
- >>>was out of his mind on drugs and very well armed just a few blocks from
- >>>where I live. It's a dangerous world out there, and it keeps getting
- >>>smaller all the time. I own a handgun. I don't like it, but I own a
- >>>handgun.
- >>> - Ashley
- >
- >Ashley,
- > I understand how you feel. In fact, I'm glad you do dislike it. The people
- >that worry me are the ones who think "oh, wow, it's great, now I can protect
- >myself (and probably, "NOW, I'm a REAL MAN!)"). They don't seem to realize
- >the horror of the necessity. *THIS* is a civilization? I remember seeing
- >pieces, about the time of King Arthur, and other "good kings", where they boast
- >that "a woman could walk the length of the kingdom, wearing jewels, and not
- >be afraid of being attacked". I *am* very sorry that you felt the need.
-
- Actually, I can see admiring the beauty and efficiency of a well-made
- handgun the same way I would admire the balance and design of a well-made
- sword. No, maybe not quite the same way; I am rather biased on behalf of
- the sword. It's a bit more difficult for an untrained person to hurt
- someone (other than oneself :) with a sword than with a handgun.
-
- But you're right. There is something horrible about that beauty, considering
- what the instrument was designed to do. I don't own a handgun, or a sword
- either.
-
- Mark, you may have been thinking of Ireland's golden age, when a woman
- could carry a bag of gold from one end of the island to another, and
- both would arrive untouched.
-
- -Bryn.
- Brynach Brawdfran ap Adda (Sam Adams) adams@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu
-
- "I am the Wheel, I am the Turning..." - Brian Eno and John Cale
-