[SOC] Boite de Pandore

Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:17:18 -0800

I apologize about my umbrage over the use of redneck.  I guess it has become
a more benign term than it originally waw.

My dogs are a first line defense.  And yes, as all defense devices, they are
not foolproof.  That is why I own a firearm and ultimately rely on myself.

I do believe I can tell the difference between a Ham rig and a firearm.  The
reason I carry a Ham rig in public is (1) I dont and wont own a cell phone
and (2) I live in an area, eg, San Francisco Bay Area, subject to seismic
events.

73 de tim kg6irh.
>From 6-Land the Natural Disaster State.

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From: "W2AGN" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Boite de Pandore

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>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, February 02, 2003 01:50:42 PM
> To: [email protected]
> 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.
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