[geeks] oh my god.

[D.A. Muran-de Assereto]

Hmmmm. Hard to understand how anyone would think that a gun (modulo
a AAA cannon or somesuch) would have helped prevent today. Still, I
guess the imperative for self-protection isn't always reasonable.

I have heard many commentators today speak about the lack of security
in the US ADIZ. As if just telling someone to stay out of restricted
airspace would keep a terrorist or other miscreant at bay. This thing
that really pisses me off is that these are the same people that threw
a fit when the Peruvians shot down that religious charter flight
because they misidentified it, tried to have the captain of the USS Vicennes
burned at the stake for shooting down an unarmed airliner, and still
flinch at the idea of a US military or civilian casualty during a
military action. The only way to enforce these rules, or the will
of our nation, on some recalcitrant bastard who doesn't care about
world opinion, is to kill him. And then kill all those who would
replace him, a la the old Roman attitude with respect to Carthage.

Then we run into the "qui custodiat?" phase, where we have to figure out
what incorruptible body gets to decide who to kill. This action is liable
to cause backlash in the daily political and social life of this country
for a long time.

Dave Muran-de Assereto

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
> Of Rob
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 22:06
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: Re[6]: [geeks] oh my god.
>
>
> HA. In NJ you couldn't buy guns. They turned off the NICS system. (The
> instant check system to run background checks for guns.) Luckily I didn't
> need anything today that required a check. and am far enough from any
> target that I can think of.
>
> - Rob
>
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Kurt Huhn wrote:
>
> >
> > > My wife called me with horror in her voice when she watched it on TV
> > > and was extremely happy that I'm 32 years old and less likely to be
> > > drafted if such a thing comes to pass.
> > >
> >
> > My wife has expressed that she will "break both your legs if I need to".
> > She's knows me - I feel very passionately that there should be
> action taken.
> >
> > A side note - the local gun shop was *packed* as I passed by it
> on my way
> > home from work today.  Literaly, cars were parked on the street
> in front.
> > There's no doubt that a lot of folks are getting ready for something...
> >
> > Kurt
> >
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