[SOC] This is What I'm Talkin' About!

[Ian C. Purdie]

w9ya wrote:

> This guy is full of it....and he should probably have an honest talk with
> himself about it...
Well Bob that could be construed as a nice introduction to civilised and 
rational discussion.

> i.e. EVERYWHERE there are criminals who will steal what
> is not theirs including another's life.

And your point is? In Australia we simply do not have criminals running 
amok. Similarly other countries such as UK, Canada, New Zealand and most 
if not all European Union countries. Speaking for Australia alone, I 
don't lock my house, I don't lock my car. I don't live my life in fear 
of anything. I don't personally know anyone else who does.

> History and the wisdom attained from an honest appraisal tells us EXACTLY that.

I see absolutely no history of that in Australia nor in the other 
countries I mentioned. None of us are perfect, none of us are crime free 
and never will be. But we don't live with constant fear.

> ALSO there are a class of folks that will happily decide for YOU whether you have the god-given right to protect that which is yours, including your life

Who would those folks be in Australia? Would they be the huge majority 
who do not ever want a gun culture? Nobody here is denied the right to 
protect themselves.

We simply don't see a problem where one doesn't exist.

> those societies will destroy themselves because of such tyranny, again something history teaches if you take the trouble to read and study

Not Australia nor probably the other countries mentioned earlier are 
they likely to destroy themselves. Australia is most certainly not 
tearing itself apart politically from within.

Among all the advanced countries in the world, for all practical 
purposes, 100% of all eligible Australian people vote in fair elections 
and everyone abides by the result - with good grace and manners.

Among all OECD countries, we don't even have a recession. We don't have 
dodgy Banks or dodgy Insurance companies because we don't have a lack of 
good prudential regulation. We have a world class and very cheap 
universal health care system. Cost? - 1.5% of taxable income. We 
continually embrace reform and good governance no matter which party is 
in government.

So where is the need for fear?

> And so it goes......NOTHING NEW HERE, NOW MOVE ALONG......

Well this is not a "Fox News" forum where they shout. No doubt you will 
inform us upon what basis you can conclude to inform me to:

> NOW MOVE ALONG......

You know nothing of me, my background or my history with this list. 
Because people do not agree with the views circulating in your little 
section of the world, it doesn't make them wrong, just simply different.


72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
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