On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:03:47 -0400, David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Curtis L. Olson writes: > > > > ..guns are _never_ needed around civilized people. ;-) > > > > Agreed 100%, that's why we need to have them in case of > > un-civilized people, and for video games, movies, tv shows, and the > > occasional olympic sporting event. :-) > > I personally would be concerned about uncivilized polar bears, and > would not want to spend a lot of time flying in the Canadian Arctic > without learning to handle a rifle safely and keeping it (unloaded) in > the back of the plane. Rifles or shotguns are also important tools > for farmers to protect their livestock and manage vermin, and they're > critical for cultures who still maintain a real hunting tradition, > like many indigenous North American peoples. ..polar bears are part of civilization too, which is why the great old civilizations treat game respectfully, when hunting. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
