You seem intent on distorting my position. You give the impression of being naive. I want school administrators asking those questions. I don't want them reacting the way the ones in Texas did.
Eric On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Lawrence de Bivort <[email protected]> wrote: > So anyone's "concerns" are grounds enough for breaking the law? For > unbridled bigotry? Remember the mainstay of our legal system, "innocent > until proven guilty?" Or does your fear justify tearing up our > Constitution? > > Gee. I have concerns about bigots and sadists masquerading as police > officers. Most officers are decent, caring people. But some aren't. And > polygamists! Oh oh. And people who believe that vaccines cause autism. > Yikes! > > I have concerns about a lot of things and people. But I don't call for > their persecution because "maybe" my "concerns" might happen. > > A bomb, after all, is a bomb whether it looks like one or not. > > You, Eric, COULD hide your gun in your lunch pail, or in your brief case, > or the frame of your bike, or truck of your car…. probably not. Maybe. > > Believe me -- I see the nuances. They are the same nuances that cloaked > bigotry throughout the ages. Anti-Christian bigotry during the roman > empire, anti-Celtish, anti-Irish, anti-immigrant, anti-native peoples, > anti-black, anti-Jewish, anti-intellectual, anti-"gook," anti-women, > anti-Arab, anti-Muslim….it is a long list, but at its heart these "nuances" > are there to justify anti-"anyone not exactly like me." > > Lawry > > > > On Sep 18, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Lawrence de Bivort <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Well, hell, Eric. >> Will YOU build a bomb next week and kill people? Probably not. Maybe. >> > > Probably not. But just in case, I will not bring something that looks > vaguely like a bomb to my place of work. Nor will I bring something that > looks vaguely like a gun to work. Because I am aware it might raise > concerns. > > People are unable to see the nuance in this case. I'm done trying to make > any further points. > > Eric > > >
