Dave Land wrote: > On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > >> "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when >> one >> may have to back up his acts with his life." >> -- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942 > > I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I suspect that there may be one > or > two in this group, so let me ask: Is it Gospel because it is > Heinlein, or can one safely read this and say "what a crock of > shit"? >
Judging from what I've seen over several years on Skiffy mailing lists: Both But...........if you recall the massive evacuation of southeast Texas after Hurricane Rita and consider that this is after all Texas.....everyone who owned a handgun (some value of a majority) was packing a handgun during the evac (and everyone knew it). People were very well behaved under *very* stressful conditions. Not that they were necessarily polite mind you.<G> xponent Anecdotal Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
