i agree. and as time goes on, and real world, big boy events start to happen all around me... things that I have no control over... i have started to become quite cynical about the good of man. i have developed quite a distaste for trusting people... and no matter how good i want to be or how good i wish for people to be, i cannot expect anyone to be good. if i expect people to be good then that would be very non-buddhistic...
from what i have learned, i need to expect nothing from anyone, and go from there. when people surprise me with kindness and humanity surprises me with yearning for the common good, then i am happy... other than that... i will load my soon to be purchased firearm and sit on my doorstep and protect my family if i feel the need. there has to be some balance between my wishes and hope for good, and reality. because in reality, there is no sense of order in this world, just some illusion we have all created in order to fleece the police. to keep ourselves our of jail. thats it. On 12/19/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whether you or anybody else believes it, I do happen to beleive that the > right of the person to keep and bear arms in order to protect themselves > from a governement run amok. What would you do if the the Bush > Administration shut down the border and started executing Canadians? You > should have the right to bear arms, .50 cal included. Should it be > regulated? Yes, I do believe it should be registered,but not infringed > upon. I'm not even a gun owner not a member of the NRA, which I do believe > is a fringe group, but I realize that weapons are the reason there is a US > today, and the right to bear arms is as important as the right to free > speech. > > - Matt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: Iran > > > > The phrase "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security > > of a free state," is frequently and most conviently forgotten about in > > the pro gun lobby's propaganda effort. The full amendment is "A well > > regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, > > the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be > > infringed." > > > > The common legal consensus, and one that the SCOTUS has followed for > > over a century now is that the second amendment mainly refers to > > protections afforded the individual states regarding the establishment > > of reserves and the National Guard, and not to allow any drooling > > idiot the right to purchase a 50 cal. machine gun. > > > > larry > > > > > > On 12/19/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What are you talking about? > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:14 AM > >> Subject: Re: Iran > >> > >> > >> > how about the entire 2nd amendment, and not the edited version that > >> > the NRA propaganda machine keeps spouting. > >> > > >> > larry > >> > > >> > On 12/19/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> So I guess this brings up the 2nd Amendment. Are you for/against it, > >> >> and > >> >> why? > >> >> > >> >> - Matt > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > >> >> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:07 AM > >> >> Subject: Re: Iran > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Ugh. That's disgusting. > >> >> > > >> >> > On 12/19/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.gac.20m.com/self-def.htm > >> >> >> > >> >> >> - Matt > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188712 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
