In general, I think you're right. But I wouldn't expect a group with more reason than most to be aware of the human capacity for mythmaking to say "America is a terrible, terrible place: the Coalition of European Nationalists and Xenophobes says so, and they should know." Naive, I know...
-- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET > -----Original Message----- > From: Drsolly [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 December 2009 23:54 > To: David Harley > Cc: 'David Lodge'; 'funsec' > Subject: Re: [funsec] FBI: More Guns == Less Crime > > We probably do the same thing with the US, believing all > sorts of fables about them that aren't actually true. > > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009, David Harley wrote: > > > > > The UK pulled all guns in the 90's. Violent crime quadrupled. > > > > I don't think I can bear to get into this one again. But there is > > something I find surprising. I would have thought that this list > > includes some of the most hardened sceptics in the IT industry. Yet > > lobbyist fabrication, misrepresentation and sheer wishful thinking > > about UK gun crime, privacy issues and healthcare are > recycled regularly and uncritically here. > > > > Now -that- is frightening. > > > > -- > > David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP > > Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
