[SOC] Boite de Pandore

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From: soc@mailman.qth.net
Date: Sunday, February 02, 2003 01:50:42 PM
To: soc@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [SOC] Boite de Pandore

>Ad hominem remarks add nothing to this discussion and show a lack of
respect
>or understanding for different cultures. 
My remarks were not directed at an individual, but at "rednecks" in general.
I had never thought of it as a different culture, but perhaps you are
correct.
>I own a firearm which is, since I
>live in a small place, is within arm's reach now and when I am asleep.
>It is, with two large dogs, not my first line of defense but I would rather
>be judged by 12 than carried by six. 
I really find this using "2 large dogs" as a line of defense ludicrous. You
are saying they are more mentally equipped deal with an intruder than you
are? As a alarm, dogs are fine, as a "defense" they are worthless. I would
not want my life to depend on one who could be bribed with a nice large
ribeye or T-bone.

>But I still prefer to sleep with both
>a Ham rig and firearm within arm's lenght. 
Great, until you pick up the firearm, put it to your mouth to call CQ, and
mistake the trigger for the PTT switch. Or try to shoot that 6'4" mean
intruder with a rubber ducky.
>But I only carry a Ham rig in
>public. 

Why in public? Good for picking up chicks?

>And in an emergency my rigs are more of important concern to me
>than my fiirearm with my two dogs and two cats more important than any
>inantimate objects
That's the one thing that you said that makes sense.