From: Vinnie Moscaritolo <vinnie@webstuff.apple.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 08:41:26 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Giving 6 year old kids Uzi's(the thread that wont die)
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>    Yes, those guns are evil things. Evil I tell you, constantly shooting
>people for no reason, going off half-cocked and whooping it up all by
>their polished oiled ol selves.
>
>     Isn't it funny how otherwise rational people can ascribe intentions
>and moral alignement (ie. good/evil) to an inert chunk of steel?

I believe Jeff Cooper calls it "Hoplophobia - (1) An irrational fear of tools.
(2) By extension, an irrational fear of weapons or things which may be used
as weapons."

" Hoplophobia is, after all, not a reasoned position, but rather a mental
aberration. Being basically emotional, it is a feeling rather than an
examined forensic position. " J Cooper.



Vinnie Moscaritolo
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