12-04-2009, 01:47 PM
That is a very tragic story about your wife's colleague, Peter. It can be a shocking and soul destroying experience for people to come up against state power being exercised against them.
I don't know quite what I think about gun control. I know that there are certainly some people I would never trust with weapons of any kind but then I don't think they should be behind the wheel of a car or out of short pants either. In my brief time in the military there were some joint exercises with the police and I must say that there was quite a bit of difference in the handling of the arms and attitude between the parties with the military been much more professional and the police being cowboys so it never surprises me to hear of police shootings of innocent people. I don't think an unarmed populace and a separate armed professional body is the solution either because power attracts idiots and egotists. What I do observe is that the state and its masters are deathly afraid of those below them.
As Marx says 'The rich will do anything for the poor except get off their backs"
I don't know quite what I think about gun control. I know that there are certainly some people I would never trust with weapons of any kind but then I don't think they should be behind the wheel of a car or out of short pants either. In my brief time in the military there were some joint exercises with the police and I must say that there was quite a bit of difference in the handling of the arms and attitude between the parties with the military been much more professional and the police being cowboys so it never surprises me to hear of police shootings of innocent people. I don't think an unarmed populace and a separate armed professional body is the solution either because power attracts idiots and egotists. What I do observe is that the state and its masters are deathly afraid of those below them.
As Marx says 'The rich will do anything for the poor except get off their backs"
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.