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[David Brown]

Hi Ingrid.

 

Sadly the world is full of horrible men and, it seems to me anyway, that
many of them get into positions of power.  I guess that is one of the traits
of ruthlessness.  There is an oft repeated joke here that it would be good
if a plane carrying the Government crashed but there are ranks and ranks of
clones waiting in the wings to fill the void.

 

I whole heartedly agree with you about guns.  I don't think killing solves
anything.  In fact, looking at history, it just seems to make things worse.
I cannot think of an example of a despot being killed that caused an
improvement for the subjects.  Hitler would be the exception but I wonder if
one of the assassination plots had succeeded how things would have been
different.  Perhaps the Nazis would have sued for peace but would things
have changed much for the people?  We will never know.

 

I am currently reading a book on the first world war.  It is very
depressing.  How could so may people in charge send so many lambs to the
slaughter?  And to what end?

 

The problem as I see it is for us, conservative, peace loving people.  How
can we change things for the better?

 

Regards

 

David

 

From: Ingrid Holzman



 

I agree with you, David.  I have yet to see real proof that Bin Laden had
anything to do with this.  Just because Bush wants to tell us that Bin Laden
and Hussein were behind it, doesn't make it true.  Bin Laden and Hussein
are/were horrible men, but I believe there are plenty of others out there
hell bent on making the lives of U.S. citizens miserable.  I'm sure that
these two men weren't exactly sad to see the tragedy on our land, probably
had big grins, but I think we haven't enough tangible evidence to say Bin
Laden was behind it.  Those involved may have been Laden wannabes, but that
doesn't mean Bin Laden was the true mastermind.

 

As for our right to carry guns to protect ourselves from a rogue government,
I'm not in favor of this at all.  Guns get into the wrong hands and
ultimately more innocent lives are lost as a result of them.  I have no
issues with those who hunt for food to feed their families, but I do have
issues with those who want a gun to protect themselves from potential harm.
I've seen too many kids get a hold of these guns because the supposed
responsible adults negligence in keeping them locked up away from them.  

 

Ingrid

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