Text 16514, 69 rader
Skriven 2008-05-31 11:15:23 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
  Kommentar till text 16333 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: Gun crazy
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Hello Ross,

On Wednesday May 28 2008 09:25, you wrote to me:

 RC> As previously stated, you are a product of a long lineage of people
 RC> whom lived under the thumbs of royalty whom deemed it illegal for the
 RC> common folk to be armed in any way, shape or form.

You can state it as often as you like, that does not raise it above the
nonsence level. The days that anyone here lived "under the thumbs if royalty"
are long gone. Kings have not had any real power for well over a century. They
have been degraded to grossly overpaid layers of first stones and bridge
openers.

Laws regulating privately owned weapons date from long after Royal had any real
power.

 MV>> And form your reactions, I certaily got the impression that you
 MV>> believed it as well at first.

 RC> I didnt, I recognized the story, having seen it posted before and was
 RC> aware that it had been debunked, I played along.

Then you are an assessor to a liar.

 RC> The story Joe related, traversed the Internet at lightning speed

In the English speaking community...

Which on a global scale is not as big as it may be in your perception...

 RC> and the internet is probably the number one source nowadays for urban
 RC> legends.

Joe published it in Fidonet. Which is *not* a source of urban legend.

 RC> The key to validating them is to see if major news outlets report(ed)
 RC> them, such as the AP, Reuters et al. In your case, whatever would pass
 RC> for a trusted news source, which would presumably be what you rely on
 RC> now.

That it did not reach the Dutch news means little or nothing. The world is a
big place and lots of things happen. Not every shooting in the USA makes in
into the news here. There are just too many shootings in the world to report
them all. And if it ever did, I could easily have missed it.

 MV>> And if the story was indeed a hoax, it does not make you look any
 MV>> better. Now it not only makes you look like a bunch of savages,
 MV>> it make you liars as well.

 RC> No it makes you gullible for not checking it out, both you and Bjorn
 RC> bought the story lock stock and barrel.

If we did, that does not change the fact that Joe willingly and knowingly
presented us with a falsity. That makes him a liar. And you, by playing along,
an assessor to a liar.

Entering my house and taking something without my permission still makes you a
thief even if the door is not locked.


 RC> Then again, over here, I have a right to own and carry, yet I dont

You defend the madness.

Cheers, Michiel

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