From: Jonathon Blake <grafolog@netcom.com>
To: Ernest Hua <hua@xenon.chromatic.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-20 12:12:01 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:12:01 +0800
From: Jonathon Blake <grafolog@netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:12:01 +0800
To: Ernest Hua <hua@xenon.chromatic.com>
Subject: Re: Giving 6 year old kids Uzi's (Was: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids)
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Ernest.
On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:
> > in a country where everybody << including six year olds >>
> > carry, and can use Uzi's, etc, as a matter of course.
> Oh my ... you aren't serious, are you?
Deadly.
> Just why do you suppose a pissed-off six-year-old (because, let's say,
> another six-year-old stole his lunch) would not blast someone?
I can only assume that
#1: You've never lived where both long arms, and side
arms were a part of normal casual dress attire.
#2: You have no comprehension of non-wasp culture norms.
> Would you just hand out guns to all teenagers?
I'd expect them to buy the guns, but yes.
> friends) were 6 (or 12 or even 18), our primary concern was having fun,
> avoiding stuff we don't like (like homework), attracting females (or
Lot like mine.
Thing was, without the FN's, or the Uzi's there wouldn't
have been a childhood to grow out of.
> By the way, would you let a 6 year old drive? or fly? (Assuming that
> they are physical capable and trained to do such.)
Yes.
xan
jonathon
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