I have now supplemented my morning reading with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_school_massacre.
The Dunblane school massacre inspired the Port Arthur perpetrator, resulted in the deaths of a classroom of 5 and 6 year old students and their teacher, and led to the current dearth of legal personal hand guns in the UK. And as already noted, the Port Arthur massacre led to the revision of gun control law in Australia. At the end of this research, I find myself humming a tune from The Threepenny Opera. The "Song of the Insufficiency of Human Struggling" aka "Useless Song": http://kwf.org/media/threepenny/useless.mp3 *Since people ain't much good, just hit 'em on the hood, and though you hit 'em good and hard, they're never out for good.* *Useless it's useless, even when you're playing rough, take it from me it's useless, you're never rough enough.* * * I am not sure why it percolated up here, it is a truly unconscious contribution to the discussion. -- rec -- On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Sarbajit Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_bullet > "Invented" in India. > Outlawed 22-2 with Britain and the USofA in favour at the Hague Convention. > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Robert J. Cordingley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Plus >> reports<http://posttrib.suntimes.com/17051480-537/connecticut-school-shooter-had-lots-of-ammo-when-he-was-found.html>said >> the type and quantity of ammo sends shudders up your spine: >> >> "...enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough >> time, authorities said" >> >> "The chief medical examiner has said the ammunition was a type designed >> to expend its energy in the victim’s tissues and stay inside the body to >> inflict the maximum amount of damage." >> >> Robert C >> >> >> On 12/17/12 9:17 AM, Barry MacKichan wrote: >> >> Quail hunting? >> >> On Dec 16, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: >> >> Why would anyone need an AK-47? >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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