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John Timmers (john_timmers@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
: Tom Cohoe wrote:

: (...diatribe deleted...)

: > Do you want to talk to me, convince me I should trust the shallow, shallow
: > leaders of Canada?  Then stop giving me the stupid "We register dogs and cars" line and start _understanding_ where we come from.

: You forgot to mention that it is also the law to register amateur radios, and
: also necessary to get a license to operate one -- and has been the law for more
: than fifty years.  So whats the big deal ?  I don't hear anybody spouting off
: about infringing upon the rights of amateur radio operators; why not ?  Just
: register your gun and shut up.


  If you even have to ask "what's the big deal" (or bring up yet another 
ridiculous, irrelevant registration 'comparison') then you obviously 
haven't paid the slightest bit of attention to this discussion so far.  
It's also obvious that you don't own a gun yourself and therefore know 
little more about the entire issue than anyone else who doesn't.  So tell 
me...given this apparent (willful?) ignorance, what exactly are you doing 
in this discussion in the first place?  Would you go blithely barging 
into a newgroup like, say, talk.particle.physics and start subjecting 
*them* to your 'wisdom' on that particular subject, then?  Hmmm...



:  
: > Just think about this -- seriously.  What kind of a country are we building
: > if crime is fought by taking away the freedom of the innocent?  Do you want a
: > perfect, pacific, state.  Here is some truth for you.  First - you will never
: > get it.  Second - a nation of serfs and peasants is what you'll get if you
: > try hard enough.
: > 
: >                         Tom Cohoe.

: I would prefer to be a serf or peasant who doesn't have to worry about some
: idiot grabbing a gun and perforating me with bullets.


  Sadly, reality rears its ugly head once more: you will ALWAYS be faced 
with that possiblity, no matter how much you might dream otherwise.  The 
only question that remains is whether or not you will able able to shoot 
back and *defend* yourself or merely curl up into the fetal position and 
pray not to be killed (or if your family is with you, pray that *they* 
won't be).  Now I respect your choice to sacrifice your own life for your 
beliefs if you wish, but I *won't* tolerate you telling everyone else 
that they must therefore do the same, sorry.  You don't want a gun?  
Fine...DON'T own one; just don't be telling me that I can't, okay?