(Hoping I get the 'who said's correct-) > Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Warren Ockrassa wrote:
<snip> > >The problem is that a lot of innocent people > >will suffer and die in the process. I guess > >that's why I vacillate between disgust and > >intolerance for such idiots, but never anything > >like a quiet shrug. So on my good days I'm often > >tempted to advise them to shut up; and on my bad > >days I'm more tempted to advocate firing squads. > The only problem with that suggestion is that > it's people who feel like you do who believe in > gun control, while it's the conservatives and the > Christians who have all the firearms . . . :P Some of us Heretic Deists* have guns too, and yet manage to avoid raving fundamentalism... `;} *truncated for brevity The religious Christian group that seems to be closest in following Jesus' teachings is the Quakers. Those who believe that salvation/conversion is best served at gunpoint do not deserve to call themselves Christian. Highway robbery, indeed. As a pragmatic idealist, I disagree with the notion that having regard for one's fellow human does not permit self-defense. Debbi who means no disrespect to any non-rabid-fundamentalist believer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
