Dave Land wrote: > First, with respect to the idea behind the Heinlein quote, it is > generally true that (reasonable) people are scrupulously polite in > the face of deadly force.
Yep. > An armed society is a society in which everyone is capable of > dealing > death. I will not live in fear. I do not want to live in a society > where "politeness" is enforced by the fact that if I do not suck up > to someone appropriately, they'll give me hot lead brain surgery. I don't disagree with these sentiments. But that is a separate issue altogether. It makes the society Heinlein was describing unappealing, and to me at least, somewhat barbaric. But that doesn't make his words 'a crock of shit'. :) That was my only point really. :) Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
