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James L Westrich II
westrich at miser.umass.edu
Wed Jun 2 05:36:14 PDT 1999
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>kelley wrote:
><BLOCKQUOTE><<all of this reminds me of a book i leafed through a
>year ago or so, something about the culture of fear in the US. this
>incessant fear about all sorts of potential harms that one can encounter--some
>cultural obsessive compulsive disorder i swear -- and the answer is more
>rules, more regulations, more laws.>></BLOCKQUOTE>
>Sorry if I gave the impression that my son and I (and the cat) spend our
>days huddled in terror behind our doors lest we run into some dementoid
>with a gun. We don't. Well, the cat does, but it's the clattering,
>clanking garbage truck she's afraid of.
><BLOCKQUOTE>and <<not saying that it doesn't happen, but i've only
>ever seen two people drinking while hunting. and i worked in diners
>for a long time and served a 100s of hunters their eggs and toast just
>before they headed off to try and get themselves a buck. i'm fairly
>certain every single one was sober.>></BLOCKQUOTE>
>I should hope so too, at breakfast time. Good for them. Many
>years ago in England, I used to accompany my father and uncle on Saturday
>in pursuit of rabbits, partridge and pheasants ("going shooting" is what
>we quaintly called it), and, if they were sober when they started out in
>the morning, they were three sheets or more by the time they emerged from
>the pub after a two-hour lunch. I still can't figure out how I survived
>those afternoons.
><BLOCKQUOTE>and <<but why don't you ask yourself who you think is
>holding that gun.>></BLOCKQUOTE>
>At the risk of appearing obtuse, I don't quite understand your question.</HTML>
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