Yikes! A Roman gladiator? But seriously- you have a point. Taking out an opponent or enemy from a distance with a weapon or sheaf of legal documents leaves something unanswered in heinous cases. Or silence/ shunning. I suppose there is a need to depersonalize brute violence/ revenge with distance and interpose legal and social systems to disperse the fury unleashed.
On May 23, 10:14�pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, if you want to talk strictly violence, if I ever have to kill > someone I want it to be up close and personal. �I favor knives and a > pair of bear claws I have. �Shooting someone from a distance is a > coward's way. �If I'm going to kill someone -- and I hope I never have > to -- it should be face to face so we can look into each other's > eyes. �That's the least I could do when taking another's life. �Then > I'd probably count coup and eat his heart. > > On May 22, 11:32 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The guns are here Gruff.. it is the bad guys that have them �or you belong > > to a gun club.. and they do check.. but over all.. �Well thetruth is I am > > getting wicked with a blow pipe and paper darts and they actually can get > > pretty wicked,, �use it to harasse the turkish doves when they get to many > > in the yard,, byt you have to remember the toal length of my back yard is 12 > > meters and it is only 5 meters wide.. �perfect shooting gallery.. > > > am getting very good at rolling paper darts,, �they don't reallly hurt the > > birds but it does make them very nervous.. > > Allan > > > it is traditional over here the blow pipes you see gangs (local kids > > playmates aka terrorist) even taking on the police.. passing cars bikes etc, > > hiding in ambush.. but that phase ususally only last about 3 weeks before it > > is boring.. > > Allan > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's a shame but we have no equivalent to the Netherlands here. �It > > > seems a majority of this country is hell-bent on blazing guns to the > > > end. > > > > On May 22, 1:52 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I know the gun thing Gruff, that is why mine sit in a museum, may of > > > > them > > > > are either collector pieces and legal . or one of a kind. �You are right > > > it > > > > is free market violence,, that is why i moved to the Netherlands. > > > > Allan > > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:11 AM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I didn't understand a lot of that but I was being virtually literal. > > > > > In Arizona you can buy guns at any swap meet, yard sale, newspaper ad, > > > > > etc. with no problem and if you know which street corners to hang out > > > > > at you can buy unregistered weapons as well. �The only time you have > > > > > to do the Brady thing is if you purchase a gun at a registered gun > > > > > store or a pawn ship. � Other than that, it's free-market violence for > > > > > sale. > > > > > > On May 17, 11:31 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > But Gruff mine Ilegally stole it from the US Navy, �The navy didn't > > > like > > > > > it > > > > > > when the found out it was mine.. �it is nt e museum �to keep it out > > > of > > > > > > trouble.. �and it is fun to shot.. �would keep ATF off my back too. > > > �what > > > > > is > > > > > > the ost of one off the street anyway.. > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:08 AM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > No need to get it out of the museum. �Down here in Arizona you can > > > > > > > pick one up on any street corner. > > > > > > > > On May 17, 1:20 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > for anti social behavior,, can I get �my browning out of the > > > museum? > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:47 PM, gruff <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "... On May 13, 4:49 pm, archytas <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > ..." > > > > > > > > > > > I would have thought the article is likely to have been > > > written > > > > > by > > > > > > > > > > some jerk who doesn't know much about antisocial neighbours. > > > > > �ASBOs > > > > > > > > > > generally don't work because the people they are given to > > > don't > > > > > give > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > monkey's about other people and can't see that they are a > > > problem > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > others. �We actually need more severe measures on noise and > > > > > > > > > > criminality. �This particular screaming groaner-moaner is > > > likely > > > > > to > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > > louder than an air-raid siren and to perform 5 or 6 times a > > > day. > > > > > > > �Most > > > > > > > > > > of us manage not to upset others through our screwing. �The > > > ASBO > > > > > will > > > > > > > > > > have come after a long line of other measures had failed. > > > �Most > > > > > > > people > > > > > > > > > > who get ASBOs would be better off dead, at least as far as > > > the > > > > > rest > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > us are concerned. > > > > > > > > > > You folks haven't lived with ASB till you've lived in Mohave > > > > > County, > > > > > > > > > Arizona. �It's the fourth largest county in the U.S. and the > > > > > largest > > > > > > > > > trailer trash park in the world. �I used to live in Nye > > > > > > > > > County, > > > > > > > > > Nevada, which is the second largest county in the U.S. and > > > > > > > > > only > > > the > > > > > > > > > 2nd largest trailer trash park in the world, but here in > > > Arizona, > > > > > if > > > > > > > > > you have a complaint against your neighbor for anti-social or > > > > > > > > > downright bad behavior, well, their answer is DRAW, MOTHER > > > F****R. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > ( > > > > > > > > �) > > > > > > > > I_D Allan > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ( > > > > > > �) > > > > > > I_D Allan > > > > > -- > > > > ( > > > > �) > > > > I_D Allan > > > -- > > ( > > �) > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
