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Rami

Rami

The Linuxologist
#61,784
Dec 24, 2004
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swag said:
Tera! Tera! Tera!

I hear you, man.

So over the weekend, I hooked up with my officer ninja brother. There was another gun show in town at SF's Cow Palace. And while I've gone to the range with my brother on occasion, never before have I had the opportunity to experience the anthropologist's wet dream of a genuine gun show - and all the elements that attracts. Yes, even in bleeding liberal pro-terrorist San Francisco.

So I got past the NRA sign-ups as I entered. Friendly folks with generally good hearts and all, but I also saw a lot of people who don't/didn't really have much of a future. Not a valedictorian in the lot. These were not the sharpest tools in the shed.

There's the bumper sticker guys. A lot of villifying illegal immigrants. It's good to know that the motivators behind groups like the KKK are still alive and well in society. (Hey, racial profiling does prevent crime!) And of course it was only a coincidence that the mock Nazi uniforms were on sale nearby.

Oh, and it wouldn't be complete without the free bibles next to my shooting glasses. Don't get me wrong -- I am not against gun ownership. My wife's family have run farms and I'm used to them. And I have nothing against the religious prosthelitizing. Freedom of religion and all. But can someone explain to me why the two must somehow go together? Not that Guns For God should be mutually exclusive, but to have any sort of linkage at all seems about as reverent as Pampers and beer.

And the terrorist body bag gag... cute. But since when has Saddam Hussein gone off the Islamic religious handle and instructed young men to strap C-4 explosives to their chests? Do they need to start giving out instructions in newspapers for how to read them and understand them now?

It did raise a question...the vitriolic reaction to terrorists and illegal immigrants that seemed wholly disproportional to the threat seemed to really push these people's buttons. The way that my PETA-freak mom will yawn when the news reports that a three-year-old was run over by a car, but she'll go into hysterics when it's a three-year-old dog. (Terrorists piss me off, but the stats are that I am more likely to die from an asteroid collision than a terrorist attack -- and not an anti-asteroid T-shirt or belt buckle was to be found there.)

Hmmm. Let's see... these people are into the heavy prosthelitizing of religion combined with a love of weaponry. Hmmm. Who else does that make me think of??... Maybe... Terrorists??!

Nah... that would make them a lot alike. And we know that's impossible.

God bless America.

(The trip was a success, however. My brother bought four bayonetes as Christmas gifts for his friends.)
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Eerie...

Greg, my man, do you have a Blog?
 
swag

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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#61,797
Altair said:
got lavazza coffee shops in san fran?
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Nope. Some places that serve it, but nothing like, say, in Chicago where they have the branded cafés. Personally, I prefer the original at San Tommaso, 10 in Torino. :faq1:

Vinman said:
I guess you only read the first paragraph....:eyebrows:
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And if they think Japan manipulates their currency... China has a virtual circle jerk going with their Renminbi!
 
Slagathor

Slagathor

Bedpan racing champion
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Jul 25, 2001
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#61,800
Altair said:
got lavazza coffee shops in san fran?
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One just opened here in The Hague near where I work. It's a serious health hazzard to me, the other day I heard 8+ espresso's a day can give you seizures

About the religion vs gay debate: the only significant problem with religion I have is that (where I come from) it tends to attract only idiots. Morals aren't formed by individuals, only by groups. And the masses, by historical perspective, are stupid.

That said, stupidity is of all times and I'm sure that without religion, the morons in question would find an alternative way to organise their galactic simplifications. Neo-nazis are such an example.

One Muslim friend of mine likes to point out he has no idea what homosexuality is like, since he's straight, and hence doesn't think he should judge it. He thinks I'm a good friend and as for anything else, that's God's call to make once I die (naturally I disagree since I don't believe God exists but should I be wrong I'll be sure to put in a good word for him).

The point is, he believes religion is a personal bond between you and God. Which means he leaves other people in their worth. Which, to me, makes him much more of a saint than the pope could ever dream to be.
 
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