> A said:
> > > The whole idea of carrying a gun is to simply wield it. B said: > > > carrying a gun simply to wave it around is stupid. Which has brought us to a debate that has raged in the US for years and years now... I read, in college, an essay ( in a volume titled "Several Essays"...what an imaginative title) that defined "civilization" as the ability of the average citizen to *lay down" arms and live in peace. I think it's been ascribed to Mahatma Gandhi, but I don't know who actually said it :Civilization is when a jewel-bedecked, beautiful woman can walk through the streets alone at night, without fear. Or words to that effect. Deepa.
