Originally posted by Caspar:
I have read this whole thread,
And all i can say that the heading for the thread is no longer about the lady on the other end of the email conversation...it is now about the people in the thread, probably me included.
I am from Australia...I feel safe, I don't carry a gun, never have, never will.
I agree with Moke, it is kind of a gentlemans agreement, don't shoot us we wont shoot you.
I have worked several retail postions...all at a cash register, the first thing about robberies we get told: Give them what they want. The reasoning behind it is: if they have their money why will they want to shoot you?
I also agree with the fact there must be some form of social problem within the USA, I have never been I can't say what it is...remember I said must be, not there is...Here in oz we pride ourselves on being multi-cultural. So I am sorry VFR (as much as I do agree with your choice of bike...I ride a '95 model, red, it's sweet) I do not agree with your comparison with America to Europe in the fact that Europe are all the some people therefore they must have no tension. In Australia we are as diverse, or more than America is, we have immigration problems coming from every continent...except Antarctica. So I can not see how having different ethnic groups living next to each other is the sole cause of this violence.
Actually I am not sure exactly what it is that is causing this violence. But I do feel that if guns were not so available in America I think that it would improve things a little...of coarse an overnight legislation change is not going to fix it. It will need to start with disarming those that do set out to do harm, remove the illigally gotten guns, then once the people feel safe offer to buy back their guns as they no longer need them. Just a suggestion. Might work, might not...
Just another quick word...killing the crim, yeah he's a evil, but the 'I killed him so he didn't kill the other person' mentlity doesn't work 100%...hello, total death count is still going to be 1...I don't see an improvment. Now I hit him over the head with a chair, total death count: a couple of brain cells.
Um I think thats all I wanted to say...hope I didn't sound like a jackarse, would be nice if this editing window was bigger...I feel like I have tunnel vision...
Anyways, just voicing my opinion...in a country where we don't have guns but are still free and safe.
Cheers,
CASPAR