[Leica] Jayanand's comments about "Tea Party"

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

LZ writes
"....are full of stories of soldiers going berserk"  and continues "IRA 
zealots shooting Brits"

The last soldiers I heard going beserk were in the USA. The "IRA" are not 
soldiers. They are irregulars fuelled by misinformation, not supported by 
the way vaster majority in the Republic of Ireland, funded by drug money, 
and addled and bolstered by drugs themselves. However, you'd have to live in 
Ireland to discover that. I would remind you of the First Rule of Holes.... 
Stop Digging!

Instead, take out your camera and take some shots. And if I may comment 
further, I didn't go for your pizza one as I found that black blank space in 
the upper right corner too distracting..

Regards

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lrzeitlin at aol.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Jayanand's comments about "Tea Party"


> Taught to shoot at ten years, and you
> consider it "normal" - even if you are just busy exterminating animals
> instead of human beings - this is just unbelievable to the vast
> majority of humans on Earth. Those "military types" are far more
> trained and responsible, as well as safer for everyone than than the
> general public with cupboards full of guns, mostly unlicensed.
>
> I know you will come back at me with some slanging comments on India,
> as you normally do, but what India is does not change the reality of
> what the USA is. Remember that.
> Jayanand
> - - - -
> Jayanand, with all due respect, you don't have a clue. I served in the 
> military in two wars. In the Korean war I qualified as a tank commander at 
> Ft. Knox and was assigned to photograph armored equipment in combat. In 
> addition to a Signal Corps Leica IIIf I was issued a M1 carbine and a Colt 
> 1911 pistol. I used both in actual combat. I was recalled to the Army as a 
> company commander in the first stages of the Vietnam war.
>
> Your assumption that "military types" are more prudent in weapons use than 
> the general public is unfounded. If anything, they are taught to kill. 
> That's what a gun is for. In my state gun ownership is highly regulated. 
> Licenses are required for all handguns and a rigorous firearms safety 
> course must be completed. Of course illegal, unregistered weapons are 
> available, just as they are everywhere. If you go into any city in the 
> world, visit a seedy section of town. wave a handful of banknotes in the 
> air, and say "I want to buy a gun" you will be offered your choice within 
> a few minutes. Even in Chennai.
>
> Newspapers worldwide are full of stories of soldiers going berserk and 
> spraying bullets into real and imaginary opponents. Shiites shooting 
> Sunnis, Jews shooting Arabs, IRA zealots shooting Brits, and Americans 
> shooting children. As for my slanging comments about India, I hardly need 
> to remind you about the massacres that take place on almost a daily basis 
> in that peaceful country. The death toll after the partition was greater 
> than in our Civil War.
>
> These days I prefer to shoot pictures - not bullets. I also like to eat 
> meat and drink fine whiskey.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
>
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