Kevin : Sure, you are correct. The point I was making was simply that , much as the BJP is sometimes off the deep end, maybe there really is merit in some of their charges about Christians with guns in their neck of the woods. I'd bet that the BJP is more often the actual source of problems there, but it would be nice if good Christians admitted once in a while that there also are some bad characters who say they are Christians but who, with their guns, cause really bad stuff to happen . Maybe BJP will never admit to a single wrong by their people. This isn't out of then realm of possibility. But it just might be all for the good for Christians to identify others who take the name and do things for which actual Christians take the blame and maybe even get killed. Having firearms may be a constitutional right, but guns aren't exactly in the same category as flower pots or hubcaps. Thought I'd be sarcastic for effect. Cheers Billy ===================================================== In a message dated 1/23/2010 9:16:40 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Hear, hear. Guns don't kill people, etc. But more importantly, Second Amendment rights. Because we have the right to protect ourselves from tyrannical government. Anyone who says we don't need that protection is ignorant of history and doomed to repeat it. -Kevin On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:10 PM, David R. Block <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Britain has strict gun control. It is almost to the point that only criminals have guns. That is the problem with most "gun control." The ones who abide by registration, permits, etc, are NOT the ones you need to worry about. Which is why it does not make sense. The people who have guns that you need to control aren't going to cooperate, no matter what you do. They're going to break the law, and what's breaking one more law to them? It's not like they care or something. :-) David "Suppose you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member of Congress...ah, but I repeat myself."—Mark Twain On 1/23/2010 5:55 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: Hi Billy, On Jan 23, 2010, at 2:44 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Well, yeah. I agree about self defense. Still, running around with guns, uhhh, the potential to use them in other circumstances isn't academic. When a population gets into the militia habit, maybe 100 % justified at first, that means trouble. And, face it, some % of "Christians" simply identify with their community and that's mostly the whole schmeer for them. We see this in the USA all over the place. It wouldn't be different elsewhere. If we could say "genuine Christians" and know how to distinguish them from " identity Christians," all would be well, but how are you - how is anyone- going to be able to do that ? Genuine or not, I agree with you, armed populations tend to create a lot of mischief. Then agree, I think DRB would argue that is overall a *good* thing. :-) Billy ==================================================== In a message dated 1/23/2010 2:25:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: A sad development, but arguably justified. Heck, I think DRB was planning something similar in Texas us Health Care passed. :-/ Sent from my iPhone On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:04, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: > Rogers added that resistance groups were fighting to defend their > people. > > “Individual Christians who have joined the armed ethnic groups do so > out of a perfectly biblical concept of just war, the right to defen > d your people from gross injustice.” > > Added an FBR source, “In Burma, no one protects except the pro-democ > racy resistance groups, and all relief inside the country is only po > ssible because of them.” > _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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