Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jon, You have made yourself clear. That's your right, and I support it. How about giving it a rest and posting some of your pictures instead? Barney On Dec 16, 2012, at 5:49 PM, jon.streeter wrote: > Sir, I believe it would be accurate to say we don't know each other. Even > after this brief exchange, we don't know each other. > > I am new to this group but certainly not to the world. And as for your > comment about what sort of person I am, I believe -- correct me if I'm > mistaken -- that you are being intentionally rude, perhaps with the > implication that this "sort of person" does not deserve to be treated with > respect. I will resist the temptation to respond in kind. > > Suffice it to say that when one side in a debate is bereft of ideas, > facts, or reason, it abandons the debate and goes after whomever it > perceives as the opponent. > > If you have anything sensible to say on this subject, off-topic though it > may be, I will be delighted at the opportunity to have my views altered by > a reasoned argument. > > The mass murder of innocent children and the inevitable exploitation of > their tragic deaths by impassioned insistence on expansion of government > power is not about me. I would appreciate your refraining from casting > further aspersions on my character, however vague and unsupported. I will > show you, as I have already shown here, the same courtesy. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Fwd: Gun control > Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 11:56 am > > > And very much less damage with a machete, as has been shown, injuries no > deaths. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverhampton_machete_attack. > > > But you have made it very clear what sort of person you are. > You are very, very new to the group so I didn't know you at all. > Now I do, at least a bit. > > FD > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2012, 18:30 >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fwd: Gun control >> >> What is "better gun control"? We have over 20,000 gun laws on the books >> already. >> >> This lunatic could have done much worse damage with gasoline and a free >> book of matches or a grocery bag of household chemicals or a car aimed at >> a crosswalk or schoolyard packed with children. >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone >> >> ----- Reply message ----- >> From: "David Ching" <davidhhching1 at yahoo.com.sg> >> To: "Phil" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>, <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] Fwd: Gun control >> Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 8:41 am >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Don't disagree with you Phil on the freedom issue. And yes, no country >>> in the East has that kind of openness found in the USA. >>> And despite all the issues like the killings in Connecticut, the USA is >>> an icon of freedom and equality that many others yearn for. Yet, one >>> wonders if it is all worth-while when the right to arm and defend >>> oneself lead to tragedies like this. And why do some states have >>> different rules on gun control? Are some "animals more equal than >>> others"? >>> The issue here whether is gun control too lax. Is it time to move from >>> the "Wild Wild West" mind set? >>> >>> And while trying to resolve social, economic and political inequalities >>> is the ideal long term solution, does America have to witness more >>> senseless mass killings with the bullet before better gun control is put >>> In place? We can't bring back these innocent children who was needlessly >>> killed. It is freedom from fear that Americans will also relish by >>> banning the use of guns by civilians. >>> >>> God bless America. >>> >>> >>> David Ching >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information