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

Tue Oct 13 02:43:56 EDT 2009

This so SOC I have to break in...

Ian did not say there was no crime problems in Oz or EU for that matter. 
It certainly is, but they are normally not armed with guns as that is 
something reasonably hard to get, unlike US where a driving license is 
the only required documentation. In SM, to have a hunting rifle you must 
pass a yearly shooting test to qualify for the elk-hunt. This is mainly 
to weed out the blind, as numerous tractors and cows have been attacked 
by half-blind old hunters.
To get a hand-gun license you have to be a member of a shooting club 
that certifies your good standing in society. Guns and rifles have to be 
stored in locked gun-racks or safes, or the weapon must be dismantled 
and critical parts kept under lock.

There are plenty of criminals around but not armed criminals as the 
targets are seldom or never armed, hence no need to be armed.

The Aussies have a somewhat different view on criminals, based on their 
history but still the nation is very much built up the same as US, by 
immigrants. They started out with no guns in hand and have continued 
from there to build a nation where one do not need to lock the car for a 
dash to the 7-11. New Zealand have a reputation of completely unlocked 
doors in private homes (yes even the bathroom). Must be a nightmare to 
be a lock-smith there!!

My 2 satang (thai very small coin) worth.

Sam
HS0ZDY

w9ya wrote:
> I COULD refute that which you spout, including that the UK (for instance)
> has no crime problem, (or that it is less now that they got "rid" of their
> guns, and so forth,) but these are your myths and they merely validate what
> I originally said; You are full of it and need to have along talk with
> yourself about the nature of some (the criminals) amongst the human race.
> i.e. The lack of crime is a myth, that criminals behave differently
> depending on where they are, or that there is ANY way to prevent it by
> ignoring that it takes place.
>
> Anyways I am enjoying your confusion about people and the way they behave,
> so perhaps you should continue your rant about things for my amusement !!
>
>
> Have a NICE day OM.
>
> es Vy 72 de
>
> - Bob
> w9ya
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Ian C. Purdie <
> ianpurdie at integritynet.com.au> wrote:
>
>   
>> 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
>> Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords -S33° 13' 54.70", +E151° 33' 4.75"
>> VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91
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