On 20 December 2014 at 16:24, Kim Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It worked for Ugh the Caveman didn't it? Why wouldn't it continue to work? > The thinking in this idea you mention is that marvelous North American > statement of oblivion "If it ain't broke, why fix it?" > > The reason why guns remain is because in the past they worked a treat. You > could see the whites of their eyes then you pulled the trigger. Problem > solved. The way the human mind is designed involves this woeful thing > called "tradition" which is about the dog returning to its vomit in terms > of thinking. Guns are traditional and therefore emanating from exactly the > same part of the North American brain that also secretes things like Bible > worship and other deeply-embedded algorithms of past decision-making, this > thinking now frozen as a pattern of recognition. >
When the planes hit the WTC, Dubya's first thought (apparently, according > to him) was "This is a war. There is no other interpretation of the events" > - in other words he reached straight for his holster, before entertaining > any other line of action. > > Guns n Bibles. Welcome to America. > > Sorry, for a while I thought you were actually arguing *in favour of* guns. Now I see my mistake. Yes, never let it be said Americans don't understand satire (I assume you are one, since no one else in the world even *appears* to advocate "more guns will solve everything!") You sure had me fooled. As a bit of a satirist myself, I can only hang my head in shame. :-( -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
