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To: LindyBill who wrote (213808)	7/29/2007 9:55:58 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794043

I think the authors, almost all liberals, are wrong. Niven: I'm still in a dither; I'm either going to vote Libertarian or vote for [President George] Bush. I'm a registered Libertarian. The damn problem is Bush's father got up my nose—he raised taxes, after running a campaign on one issue: "Read my lips, no new taxes." Taxes went up, I voted Libertarian, not Democrat. scifi.com In addition to winning the John W. Campbell Award, Pournelle has also been nominationed for both the Nebula and Hugo awards. His other works include The Jannissaries series, Falkenberg's Legion and Starswarm. He served as an advisor on space policy to the Republican congressional leadership and as a board member of the L-5 Society. scifi.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (213808)	7/29/2007 11:09:13 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 794043

>>The British culture stayed with us as the country was settled.<< Good thing we got the 1700s version. Things are a little different now... ;) In recent years governments have even felt it necessary to prevent the public from defending themselves with imitation weapons. In 1994 an English home-owner, armed with a toy gun, managed to detain two burglars who had broken into his house while he called the police. When the officers arrived, they arrested the home-owner for using an imitation gun to threaten or intimidate. In a similar incident the following year, when an elderly woman fired a toy cap pistol to drive off a group of youths who were threatening her, she was arrested for putting someone in fear. Now the police are pressing Parliament to make imitation guns illegal. telegraph.co.uk