OK, what the hell has happened to the Brits?

Martin Hotze opined

On 30 Dec 2003 20:16:01 GMT, Wdtabor wrote:

2) Most of the EU nations
(and people raises in them) are VERY anti-gun (to the point of being
afriad of guns, that is fear of the object itself).


I see no reason for the US to cater to the mental diseases of Europeans. And

what is the mental disease here? I can't follow you there.
Or do you mean you are only sane when carrying a weapon?

fear of an inanimate object carried by an officer of the law *is*
delusional.

I avoid everybody carrying a weapon. And as long as I can decide it (!)
nobody with a weapon is entering my house, my office or sitting in my car.
And I turn away from everybody carrying a weapon, I also avoid beeing too
close to cops carrying a weapon.

Men with guns, cops and criminals, will make the decision for you.

What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

they awakend?

No, they have gone to sleep, and left the superstitious in charge.

-ash
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"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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On 30 Dec 2003 20:16:01 GMT, Wdtabor wrote:

2) Most of the EU nations
(and people raises in them) are VERY anti-gun (to the point of being
afriad of guns, that is fear of the object itself).


I see no reason for the US to cater to the mental diseases of Europeans.
And

what is the mental disease here? I can't follow you there.
Or do you mean you are only sane when carrying a weapon?

If you had read the next line of his post, you would see.

"Fear of an inanimate object carried by an officer of the law *is*
delusional."
Do you disagree? Of course you do. You are a moron.


fear of an inanimate object carried by an officer of the law *is*
delusional.

I avoid everybody carrying a weapon. And as long as I can decide it (!)
nobody with a weapon is entering my house, my office or sitting in my car.
And I turn away from everybody carrying a weapon, I also avoid beeing too
close to cops carrying a weapon.

What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

they awakend?


So what you are essentially saying here is that the Battle of Britain should
never have been fought, and Hitler should have been given whatever he
wanted, including England, so long as it prevented more of those evil guns
from being used.

Genius.

In article , Thomas J.
Paladino Jr. wrote:
"Fear of an inanimate object carried by an officer of the law *is*
delusional."

Fear of what officers of the law might do with the inanimate object
isn't irrational. Let's take a look at what this esteemed law
enforcement officer did one day:

http://www.alioth.net/tmp/Negligence.mpg

Not all of them are particularly good at handling firearms safely.

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In article ,
ackatyu (Wdtabor) wrote:

What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

most of them are have passed away.

--
Bob Noel

What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

most of them are have passed away.

Those that haven't have been made airmarshalls.
apart from being 90 years old, suffering from Alzheimers and wearing
diapers they fill the role (and the diaper) very well.

So - are we all feeling safer yet?
I would be very comfortable knowing that one of them was on my flight -
as long as he wasn't sitting next to me

Why is everyone scared of being on the same plane as a guy wirth a gun?
A guy with an Almanac - that is reallllly scary.
Two Almanacs? Run - it's Billy The Kid.
They used to ask if you packed your own bags, or if you had a suitcase
bomb or a pair of nailclippers.
Now they ask the best date to plant wheat in Idaho.
If you answer it correctly they send in the swat team.

Isn't it just slightly possible, that at some time, someone, somewhere
lost their direction? Sure as hell seems like it from where I'm sitting.


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"tony roberts" wrote in message
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What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

most of them are have passed away.

Those that haven't have been made airmarshalls.
apart from being 90 years old, suffering from Alzheimers and wearing
diapers they fill the role (and the diaper) very well.

So - are we all feeling safer yet?
I would be very comfortable knowing that one of them was on my flight -
as long as he wasn't sitting next to me

Why is everyone scared of being on the same plane as a guy wirth a gun?
A guy with an Almanac - that is reallllly scary.
Two Almanacs? Run - it's Billy The Kid.
They used to ask if you packed your own bags, or if you had a suitcase
bomb or a pair of nailclippers.
Now they ask the best date to plant wheat in Idaho.
If you answer it correctly they send in the swat team.

Isn't it just slightly possible, that at some time, someone, somewhere
lost their direction? Sure as hell seems like it from where I'm sitting.

Me too. Interesting when a book seems more powerful than the "greatest
nation on earth", the country where it is so difficult to make a telephone
call from a payphone where to dial a 10 digit number you have to key in 30
digits.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 at 20:16:01 in message
, Wdtabor
wrote:
What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

They grew old.

--
David CL Francis

What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

Don

Nothing. As demonstrated during the above-mentioned Battle of Britian
and, even more so, by civilian behavior during the Blitz, the Brits
appear to lack the capacity for hysteria that is so well developed
among today's Americans.

Paul

(proud to be an American; less so to be an American of this
generation)

"Paul Hamilton" wrote in message
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What the hell happened to the people who won the Battle of Britain?

Don

Nothing. As demonstrated during the above-mentioned Battle of Britian
and, even more so, by civilian behavior during the Blitz, the Brits
appear to lack the capacity for hysteria that is so well developed
among today's Americans.

Paul

(proud to be an American; less so to be an American of this
generation)

Likewise the lack of hysteria when the Irish were bombing our shopping
centers, the center of London etc and had no compunction in killing kids
either. Real heroes they were. Over the troubles we have had a few thousand
killed in many incidents which did not even get onto the horizon in the US
media. That which did tended to be sympathisers for the terrorists.

The British tend to have a wider view on the world. Nearly every person in
the country has a passport (approx 10% of US citizens have a passport) most
have been abroad too. Our newspapers probably feature 50 -60% of news from
around the world.
US "national" newspapers are pretty thin on world news. US regional papers
have even less. For them news from another state is foreign. In Ft Myers
this Christmas, in the NewsPress, the disaster in Iran got two sentences in
the paper of the lines
"Earthquake in Iran, 6.5 on the Richter scale. Its estimated that 20,000
people may have died.

The earthquake in Paso Roubles (rubbles) got about three sentences. The
Mudslide got about the same.

But hey, the crap written when the Vikings lost to Arizona in the final 3
seconds of regular season seems to show a sense of inappropriate values.
Afterall it was only for a place in the playoffs not the Super bowel (sic)
itself.

An observation that's all.

Just a comment Dave...
Yes, the majority in europe have passports and have crossed country
borders... Remember, many of what you call Countries over there we call
Counties here, and we have States bigger than all but the very biggest of EU
Countries and we don't need passports to cross the borders, so there is a
significant difference for US citizens... One fine Sunday this past summer I
took the wife and we flew in a straight line (twin engine plane) for four
and a half hours, had lunch, did some sight seeing, flew four and a half
hours back, and never crossed the state borders...
Also, up to 9/11 we did not need a passport to go to Canada, Mexico, most of
latin america and south america, and all of the carribean that caters to
tourists... I do not have a passport because I have not needed one before..

And as far as colloquialism in the news, I skim a number of EU papers almost
daily, and other than the international news section they are no different
than the USA media... This or that politician caught in bed with someone,
Pictures of bare boobed babes, and page, after page, after page, about
soccer (whatever the hell that is!)

Cheers, eh wot ... Denny

"Dave" wrote in Afterall it was only for a
place in the playoffs not the Super bowel (sic)
itself.

An observation that's all.