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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (8939)	2/28/1998 10:39:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Silhan does all the musical parodies on Rush's show. These are the best part of his show in my opinion. Try clark.net At the time of the founding, the basic unit of society was the family, not the individual. So, one family, one vote. By convention the man was the head of the family and so cast the vote. The benevolent dictator model of the family is not one I like (or practice). A society of families run by adult equal partners does sound appealing to me.

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (8939)	2/28/1998 10:53:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 20981

Holly, I don't plan on beating the gun-control issue to death here, and what with the Slickster's antics, I don't think I can find the time to devote to that issue right now anyway. But maybe later on we could start a gun-control/gun rights discussion thread. You're right that the Constitution was written in a different time, with some hypocritic things like regarding various humans as chattel. Nevertheless the Declaration of Independence had the correct wording; and now that we all know what is a human, all humans can lay claim to the rights put forth in the founding documents. As for Uzis and other fully-automatic weapons -- they are heavily restricted, and indeed impossible to legally privately own in some states, including my state -- and I don't feel that infringes on my right to bear the most common arms. By "common arms" I mean regular repeating rifles and pistols. Whether a pistol shoots one bullet or six, each bullet carries a deadly menace; therefore the handling and use of any firearm is and has always been a deadly serious business, and not to be taken lightly. There are other restrictions besides the full-auto one which most gun owners don't feel are an infringement on the basic right -- but I sure don't want some cop showing up unannounced to make sure my pistol is secured properly -- that would violate my right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure.