on the intersection of guns and fun in funsec: > Here's the wording on the 2nd amendment: > > "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."
heard recently on the radio: http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2008/06/28/scripts/english.shtml GK: After this message from the Professional Organization of English Majors. Sentence consruction is so important and a badly-constructed sentence can cause confusion for years and years. Like this one. TR: 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. GK: What does this mean? Anybody can have a gun? Or just people who belong to a Militia? Or just people on the fringe? TR: A well regulated Militia, comma, being necessary to the security of a free State, comma, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, comma, shall not be infringed, period. - That means I can have this gun and if you want to take it away from me, English major- go ahead. Make my day. (GUNSHOT) GK: The shot went wildly off target as the English major, moving with the swiftness of a puma, kicked the gun out of the non-Militiaman's hand -( TR: OOOFFF) - and simultaneously pressed his thumb to the gunman's right temporal lobe , directing blood to the syntax cortex. TR: I no longer feel the urge to bear arms, now that acupressure has made me aware of the power of words. Thanks, English Major. GK: A message from the Professional Organization of English Majors. Open script <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2008/06/28/> Saturday, June 28, 2008 <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=phc/2008/06/28/phc_20080628_64&starttime=00:36:44&endtime= 00:39:00> Listen (MP3) <http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/phc/2008/06/28_phc?start= 00:00:36:44.0&end=00:00:39:00.0> Listen (RealAudio) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
