On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 07:53 -0800, terry mcintyre wrote: > Americans have, generally speaking, more respect for the rights of > others - and guns play a part in that, since many of us choose to > defend our rights directly. As Heinlein wrote: "An armed society is a > polite society."
I don't want to get into a political discussion here - but I did start it! > > > Google "pink pistols" and "terry mcintyre" if you wish. > > I say "in general", but there are of course subcultures which have a > lot less respect for peace and honesty than others. > > There was a fellow who sold bagels in office buildings in Washington, > DC; customers paid on the honor system by dropping money into a box. A > line to an article about his experiences is below. Paul F. found that > 80-90% of customers would voluntarily drop money into a box to pay for > his products. He also discovered that people in "higher" executive > offices were less honest than the more "ordinary" working stiffs. I can believe that. The Detroit top executives went to Washington asking for bail-out money - but they flew there in their private jets and this offended some of the congressmen there. It seemed crass to me too. Even if I had a private jet I think I would have at least not been so undignified about it. - Don
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