>Jordan, you know darn well that this argument is purely semantic. The
>ownership per se does not mean jack shit - nobody in his right mind
>would argue that owning a gun would turn a person into a murderer - just
>like having a penis does not turn a person into a rapist. It is the
>easy access to the thing by people who are otherwise disposed to engage
>in violent acts - having access to more efficient tool simply makes
>them more lethal.
So I guess you'd advocate confiscating all male sexual organs, to limit access to the means of rape? It might work I suppose. You hand yours in first.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas