-=> Quoting Rod Speed to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Rod,

 RS> Nothing to stop you choosing to use the better done news.
 
 Oh, I'm sorry if I didn't give you my correct impression of any media.
Just in case you misunderstood me, I'll elaborate the opinion.  They are
ALL fucked in the head.

 JT> Yet they have the most opinions and yell the loudest.

 RS> Thats what democracys are about John, their opinions are what matters.

 RS> Thats certainly got its downsides, but it sure beats having some
 RS> hereditary fool deciding that stuff, or a dictator who chooses to
 RS> use goons with guns to keep himself at the controls decide that
 RS> stuff any day. Or furiously paging thru a book of fairy tales
 RS> written by illiterate goat herds more than 2K years ago to see if
 RS> you can find what some god is supposed ot have said on the matter.
 
 My problem with the above situation, is that those persons may be
impressionable, especially by the shifty pollies, and thus while the people
may think they are doing what everyone else is doing, (heaven forbid if they
have their own unique option of a situation) and so if it falls over and then
they won't feel too bad since they weren't the only ones that had a part in
the decision.
 Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the pollies get their vote and their term in
office to earn big bucks and cheap trips all over the place etc...

 RS> Sure, I'm not saying that the gun laws make sense, I agree that
 RS> they make no sense whatever. We were however discussing whether
 RS> CHANGES are possible in the law if enough people want the change.
 RS> The gun laws are an absolutely classic example of CHANGES John.

 Fair enough, I see your point on this matter.  I wasn't happy the system
does not always work like it should but we can't have everything...

 JT> The media doesn't help the situation BTW.
 
 RS> Its not THERE to 'help the situation' John.
 
 JT> You got that right.
 
 RS> I got all the rest right too |-)
 
 JT> You're a legend in your own mind.

 RS> And in fido too |-)

 That, I can't argue with... :-)

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... If it ain't broke then you can sure as heck make it better.
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