Re: It should have happened at Israel's hands

mtfester_at_netMAPSONscape.net
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:21:54 +0000 (UTC)

Fabian <lajzar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net hu kiteb:

>> Sean Holland <seanpantsholland@telus.pants.net> wrote:
>>> Bob Clark wrote:
>>
>>>> "Sean Holland" <seanpantsholland@telus.pants.net> wrote in message
>>
>>> You call that civilized? If your death penalty works so well, how is
>>> it that you have one of the highest murder-by-gun rates in the whole
>>> world? It is interesting that you consider it "civilized" to have
>>> every citizen armed.
>>
>> Yeah, those barbarian Swiss...

> The Swiss thing is kinda interesting. Yes, every household is legally
> obliged to have a gun. However, every household is also required to
> account for every bullet fired and justify its use i triplicate. This is

I wonder if the guy who machine-gunned those people a coupla years ago
filled out the forms...

> a subtle point not often raised in gun control debates.

A non subtle point is that if the weapon itself constitutes the threat,
Switzerland should be one big national drive-by.

Mike

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