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Originally Posted by Readmarx
..."thick" translates to "dumb" in "American" which is actually English with a smaller vocabulary and lots of spelling mistakes... but anyway...
Americans are getting hysterical about nut allergies (difficult considering the percentage of nuts in the population)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7773210.stm
...and then they go about shooting 15 - 20,000 of each other a year...
Hopefully Obama will make it compulsory for all Americans to own firearms and eat peanuts and before long the problem will sort itself out..  |
Mate, my apologies if this is just pommy tongue in cheek humour, if it is, we should all have a good laugh about it. However, it`s only fair to point out that it is coming across as a bit Jingoistic.
I would like to redress the balance. I was born in the UK and lived there for 35 years. I can write 2000 words about why I would rather live in Chad, Niger, China, Usbekistan or in fact ANY other country than live in the UK.
I happen to live in the best country in the world, Australia, but if it ceased to exist tomorrow, America would be my next country of choice, so lets not be too hard on the yanks and we should not pass opinion of their gun control, unless we have experienced it first hand. I`m not just passing off an internet opinion by the way, I have done it FOR REAL and have lived in Aus since 99.
I own several firearms, handguns and rifles. None of them have ever been used in robberies or to kill people. If you have been a firearm owner, I am very happy to listen to your reasoning as to why legal licenced firearms are dangerous or a threat. If, like most pommies, your experience of firearms has been in the cadets or airguns at the fairground, and the opinions you are churning out are 'gov-speak' then you should probably do some more research, before you vent.
I served in the British Army for 5 years (1st QDG) they were very happy to give me a gun and train me to shoot people. Which at times, I did. When I left I was the surrounded by indoctrination about the evil of guns. America, was always used as the 'boogeyman' to demonstrate the evil of guns.
When I came to Aus, I joined a pistol club and I shoot more ammo in a week with my pistol, than I did in year with the British Army! I shoot at paper targets in various competitions, it`s highly enjoyable and I don`t feel the need to go on a killing spree or hold up a convenience store.
If someone breaks into my house in the middle of the night, I do not know what will happen. I guess he will end up staring down the barrel of my gun. I will have the choice of influencing this outcome. I won`t have to sit back and watch bad things happen to my family because I have no control.
Readmarx, if bad people come into your house late at night you can smack them with your ruler, or inform them of their human rights. If bad things happen to your family you can tell them, "hey, it`s OK, because I stuck to my moral high ground." I`m sure it will make them feel much better. Assuming they live through it, of course.
(way to go, Plaxico!)
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