@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:still on that stupid point eh DAve?
In predatory events by criminals or by animals,
I want the victim to kill the predator; that is the ideal resolution,
and a cause for celebration. I don't see that as being "stupid"
as u choose to put it, farmer.
U cheer for the bad guy; I cheer for the innocent, good guy,
even when he is 8 years old. Yes.
farmerman wrote:Why not have 8 year olds drive cars?
If thay can do so as skillfully as thay drive their bikes,
then I am all for it, if thay can buy or rent cars.
In the 1990s, on the private property of a summer resort,
I let some children drive my car, very slowly, just for the thrill of it.
I remembered my own sense of
longing to do that, when I was a child.
(I felt
abused by the discriminatory licensure law.)
That is the
Golden Rule:I did unto others
as I woud have had others do unto me.
( I never even
asked for it. )
farmerman wrote:Fly planes?
I have read of children flying planes across America.
If it is
POSSIBLE for them to do it,
then I oppose any discrimination against children.
I know that u wanna screw them out of their freedom, maximally.
I am on
their side. I always was.
farmerman wrote:Because some irresponsible caregiver
had you handling weapons at 8 years old is not a credit to them.
Which "caregiver" is this, farmer??
I won my first revolver in a poker game with kids my own age
in Arizona (my nabors), who remained a lot better armed than I was.
Note that in the 5 years that I lived there, the police never arrived
on the scene with lights n sirens; no trouble, no complaints; quiet (except for the gunfire).
My primary "caregiver" was me; my family owned some furniture stores
and were out administering them a lot, until around 8 or 9 PM.
Accordingly, I was alone after school, on weekends & in summer.
I felt a little insecure (qua self defense) until I acquired my first revolver.
With its possession, I felt a sense of tranquility n serenity; I 'm glad for that.
U 'd screw me out of that, if u cud.
U love age-based discrimination and u deplore liberty.
I had plenty of cash, abundant food, access to taxis & busses; I fended for myself.
When I felt like it, I called my mother on the fone. I had no cause for complaint,
neither then, nor now in retrospect. I 'd not change anything about that, if I cud.
farmerman wrote:They were just being stubbornly [???? That 's an odd choice of words.] stupid.
I 'm sure that King George III and his Lord North believed that of George Washington & Ben Franklin.
Its just that u viscerally
despise and
abhor personal freedom,
in your impassioned
liberal lust for
authoritarianism, farmer.
U deplore my parents for their failure
to hold my mind in contempt, as u 'd have done.
I importune your forgiveness of my delay
in responding to your post, farmer.
David
