I agree. We can return to the less controversial topic of which is the one true IDE. :) On Apr 30, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Steven Herod wrote:
> > Okay, I made light reference to it before - but I'll be more direct. > > How about we call it a draw and you guys take this conversation off > list? > > On Apr 30, 10:04 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> > wrote: >> remco wrote: >>> Your post looks to much like rhetoric than like argument to me. >>> Come on good people and bad people. Are you telling fairy-tails to >>> kids? >> >> No, I am only telling people a simple fact that holds true since some >> thousands years and will hold true for all the remaining thousands. >> If >> you wish, I'll make you talk with a friend of mine who saved his >> child >> thanks to his gun during a night robbery in his house, to see whether >> the distinction between he's being good and the robber being evil is >> bullshit. >> >>> And for a matter of fact In Europe where gun ownership is more >>> restricted the number of gun death is a lot lower. >>> You can not deny that the U.S has a big big problem with gun >>> violence >>> you can do two things tell bullshit stories or doing something about >>> it that works. >> >> Well, from a scientific attitude which I expect in contexts as >> this, I'd >> say that comparing a figure (that, BTW, you are not giving with >> references) that refers to two systems that cannot be more different >> from a cultural, social, politic and geographic point of view and >> jumping immediately to the most immediate conclusion (more gun >> deaths -> >> because of more guns) sounds to me very naive. In any case, I fear >> that >> if you look at the trends in Europe (or at least in parts of Europe), >> you would probably be surprised: people in some regions feel less and >> less secure and tend to own a gun more often that in the past. >> Clearly >> the root cause here is the incapability of the state to guarantee >> security. >> >> -- >> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." >> weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/blog >> [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
