Post #212,892
6/28/05 3:17:47 PM
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You realize that was the intent, right?
It
is ironic that I find myself feeling a great need to have a small
arsenal at home these days. ... The last thing Bush, et al. want is an
armed populace. Could these two ideas be related, maybe? As in, the more the government wants to restrict private ownership of firearms, the more people come to think it's time to start stocking up. That was only, like, the WHOLE FREAKING POINT of the 2nd Ammendment. ===
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Post #212,898
6/28/05 3:53:40 PM
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Wrong. But it's pointless to argue this anymore. ;0)
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #212,904
6/28/05 4:49:53 PM
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yes you are...and yes it is.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #212,908
6/28/05 5:32:42 PM
6/28/05 5:34:52 PM
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In many ways the whole thing is a Grand Diversion - << \ufffd >>-
How does one exterminate-via-legalese and its hoary pseudo-'science' this observation (?)
One does not truly desire to live in a culture in which there is a perceived common need to feel 'armed'.
(Whether to - -
mollify tykes-of-all ages' puerile idea of manhood?
protect from an imagined [Worst-of-all: Real] marauding neighbor[hood. now.]?
fend off jack-booted Fatherland forces of the present or future?
____? fill-in-blanks)
ie what IS the internal, cumulative, subtle, integrated effect, The COST! to one's psyche -- of carrying about this sensibility 24/7 -?-
edit tyop
How do I despise thee?
Let me count the ways;
I despise thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can retch,
while feeling out of sight for the ends of being
and ideal gracelessness
...
(profuse apology, EBB)
Lessee...
house gun - (upstairs and down; also near door(s), kitchen, bedrooms, closets, garage, attic OR: just wear that holster - but bath == most vulnerable locale ... waterproof plastic)
car gun (under seat and glove box?)
yard gun - perhaps strategically-placed 'birdhouses' to protect from weather
cycle gun - hip? handlebars?
jogging gun - flap-flap-flap
boating gun - fore AND aft?
walking - cane gun?
trailer RV gun(s) - duplicate above
swimming gun - under codpiece Derringer?
diving gun - in the male bra?
undersea diving gun - [toughie]
spelunking gun - min. snags on crags and stalagmites
parachuting gun - higher/lower priority over altimeter?
school gun - bullying is approaching Pop #1, waay ahead of scholarship
school-bus gun - must be limited charge so as not to pierce driver's bulletproof enclosure
skating gun - 'well-balanced' grip
surfing gun - pop-up from surfboard?
shopping gun - cart clip-on?
while-sex gun - better place than under pillow?
sports gun - under bleacher Velcro? shoulder hoster under Kevlar 'parka'?
in-sport gun - bat-gun? bowling-ball grenade? tennis racquet handle barrel?
movie gun - matte black, of course
Noise-concert gun - sequined?
Music concert gun - silenced, of course
Lecture attendance gun - silencer AND engraved with a pithy ode
Doctor-visiting gun - sterile, of course - like this Whole Plan
{partial listing..}
to be continued..
as Innovation proceeds
and $$-savings expands
to cover
the Basic-36-pack,
just to get
started.
feeling.
Secure.
Edited by Ashton
June 28, 2005, 05:34:52 PM EDT
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Post #212,910
6/28/05 5:44:10 PM
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Not a toughie.
undersea diving gun - [toughie] They're called spear guns, they exist, and they're legal. For skewering fish. -YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #212,916
6/28/05 6:59:07 PM
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heck, the only gun I ever need,,, is your gun
if crapaud is due to hit the occillator just be aware of what needs to be available. I am not so concerned as the neer do well who wishes to relive me of a few material goods, chances are I will be poorer but alive after such encounter as I am a disgruntled person who wishes to kill me. Then all the smiling head bobbing and agreeableness is for naught. Especially if that disgruntled person is acting under color of law. Shoot accurately and save the worries about the lawyer fees for later.
thanx,
bill
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Post #213,004
6/29/05 10:08:52 AM
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I should have fled when I had the chance.
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #213,013
6/29/05 10:33:15 AM
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Follow your pyramid.
[link|http://www.arches.uga.edu/~danni/maslow.htm|of needs that is.]
Where in there is the esoteric...the "higher brain function".
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #213,095
6/29/05 5:23:21 PM
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Maslow builds pyramids
Meher Baba (among others) just says,
[when asked to make it rilly-Simple for the attention-deficit folk, as want to order Enlightenment V.2a in a discounted 5-pack, from the web, on their cel, in the UAV, while watchin the Reality Cee Dee on the dash TFT; i-Pod-in-ear]
Don't worry;
Be happy
HTH
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Post #213,096
6/29/05 5:25:00 PM
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ROFL!
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #213,121
6/29/05 9:30:32 PM
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Point well ignored, I see.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #213,146
6/30/05 12:09:20 AM
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Hardly missed. Different priorities on my pyramid.
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Post #213,193
6/30/05 1:56:09 PM
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I keep forgetting
That human traits don't always apply '=p
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #213,201
6/30/05 4:14:55 PM
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I keep remembering
Manfred's comment to a priest who had arrived (unbidden, natch) as his pursuit of Astarte was nearing its denouement. Seeking to console the priest's lugubrious effusions / gently prod him to hie hence, saith Manfred -
Old man ... it is not.. so.. hard.. to die.
(Best.. if one insists upon having traits - that one select super-human ones, as the tawdry infra- ones are simply no fun at all.)
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