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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (127887)	2/18/2001 9:59:26 PM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Manners might improve immensely if everyone knew they might have to engage in a shootout for speaking outside the boundaries of polite speech. :) Chas EDIT: Ask the Australians about having their guns confiscated and the increase in crime that is going on. As long as criminals know they don't have to woory abot being shot by someone defending themselves, their bravery quotient goes up and up and up.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (127887)	2/18/2001 11:03:21 PM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Rich: What an interesting answer, "..the right to bear arms" literally interpreted says put on your holster belt if needed and shoot on sight if needed." Well whats wrong with people having guns, if needed. Also, this literal interpretation is not the legal interpretation. In fact according to the courts substantial regulation of guns is permitted and does in fact exist, although it appears to do very little good. "I for one in the year 2001 think this it is stupid for our country to be looked upon as barbaric by civilized nations that have abolished such foolishness" I for one don't really care what other "civilized nations" think. Hitler took all the guns in NAZI Germany. Russia under communism and Japan in the second world war all prohibited their citizens from owning guns. Now those are what I call civilized societies. Yeah - Right!!!! Little joe

To: rich4eagle who wrote (127887)	2/19/2001 9:59:35 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

DEar deaR dear rich4eagle, your statement >>"the right to bear arms" literally interpreted says put on your holster belt if needed and shoot on sight if needed. Is a clear indication that you have a case of EXTREME CDD. Comprehension Deficit Disorder. The right to bear arms literally could mean one has the right to wear sleeveless shirts. It could also mean that one has the right to the arms of a bear or several bears. I challenge you to show by a lexical reference where it gives one the right to shoot on site. Do you understand what the word literal means???? Anyway in past I've found that individuals such as yourself with such extreme cases fo CDD are generally, 99.999999% beyond any hope or help. But not wanting anyone to be condemned to life of constant choking from swallowing both feet whole I provide you with this link to read up on a Constitutional analysis of the right to bear arms. inet-one.com Also here is the definition of literal. lit·er·al (ltr-l) adj. 1.Being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words. 2.Word for word; verbatim: a literal translation. 3.Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic: a literal description; a literal mind. 4.Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters: literal notation. 5.Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words. Of course you could also read this interview with Bruce Duncan Perry, M.D., Ph.D. Chief of Psychiatry, Texas Children's Hospital about The Meaning in Words teacher.scholastic.com And of course if you want to know the origins of AmeriSpeak. rootsweb.com I found this gem which could possible be applied twice to the EX-pres. THEY SAID: He pulled a boner. Or was that Monica???? WE SAY: He made a stupid mistake. from rootsweb.com One of my favorites. If brains were gasoline, he wouldn't have enough to run a piss ant's go-kart around the inside of a donut! Of course here is my forever underconstruction links page. Literally a link page. watman.com Your Welcome. from the liberal Tom Watson tosiwmee