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RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician?
From: "David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:08:43 +0100
By the Wild West I meant (admittedly in a shorthand version) a social context where there are virtually no legal restrictions on most "real" weapons. I was making no moral judgements about frontier weapon culture or assumptions about the use or misuse of weapons of any sort: I was pointing out that the chances of any middle-ground politician in 21st century England having any thought of relaxing gun controls more than a fraction is hilarious, because the two contexts have very little in common. I don't think it's likely that a conservative party would even relax them to pre-Blair levels. That thought wasn't meant as a personal attack on you: if I'd meant that I'd have been much more scathing. That said, I'm going to ignore this debate and return to -my- weapon of choice: it has six strings and the word Stratocaster on the headstock. Admittedly, it would make one heck of a cudgel. -- David Harley http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Loe [mailto:knobdy () gmail com] Sent: 29 August 2007 21:26 To: david.a.harley () gmail com Cc: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? On 8/29/07, David Harley <david.a.harley () gmail com> wrote:Oh, wait, even in the OLD wild west these things were rare so now that we're more "civilized" I shouldn't expect to see such spectacles...too bad, always enjoy them in the movies. That's not where you got your ideas of the "Wild West" isit, movies?No, it isn't. And your attacking me personally by presumingso doesn'tmake your position any less laughable. Clearly, this is a religious argument, not a discussion.I'm out of here.Getting out is generally easier than explaining your position - but I'm not accusing you of that. If you sincerely believe I was attacking you personally, I apologize, I wasn't. Further, my comments could not possibly be taken as anything more offensive than your own characterization of my argument (the post I was responding to). So, you can cut and run or you can explain what the wild west is... to someone living there. And by doing so propel your original comments to a level higher than a personal attack. -- Thank You, Brian Loe ClintonEO Clinton Enterprises www.clinton.com 1-800-CLINTON
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- RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician?, (continued)
- RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? William Lefkovics (Aug 28)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Julio Canto (Aug 28)
- RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? David Harley (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Brian Loe (Aug 29)
- RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? David Harley (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Brian Loe (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Brian Loe (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Brian Loe (Aug 29)
- RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? David Harley (Aug 29)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Brian Loe (Aug 29)
- RE: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? David Harley (Aug 30)
- Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 29)
- Re: Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? rms (Aug 29)
- Re: Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Brian Loe (Aug 29)
- Re: Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Drsolly (Aug 29)
- Re: Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician? Drsolly (Aug 29)