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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:30:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> I shall quote a very bad film to illustrate my point:
> “Ay, fight and you may die, run and you'll live. At least a while. And dying
> in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days
> from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and
> tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our
> freedom?”
It wasn't a bad film--it would have been a bad history text, if it had
aspired to be a history text at all. As a piece of fiction, it was quite
effective. Now The Patriot--*that* was a bad film.
Dave!
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| (...) Well, for a start, if he really was a 'patriot', he'd have been on our side! (or Native American) You can't be a patriot if you don't have a country yet. Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Idunno, a film that actually admitted that a cannon shot essentially an iron bowling ball can't be all bad... Bruce (okay, so I skip the over-wrought story on the DVD player) :-) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) One should intervene if it is the right thing to do, irrespective of what the outcome may be(1). To say otherwise, suggests you would only use your gun to defend against "tyranny" if you thought you'd win. How weak is that? Scott A I shall (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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