[Gllug] amongst the maddness

Mike Brodbelt mike at coruscant.demon.co.uk
Fri Sep 14 23:29:45 UTC 2001


Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 08:22:57PM +0100, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> > Then you'd better not listen to ESR. He's really flipped this time.
> >
> >  hacker Eric S. Raymond rained his thoughts like fresh water,
> >  revealing that those who "disarmed all the non-terrorists on
> >  those airplanes ... bear some moral responsibility"
> >
> > So all this happened because all the passengers weren't allowed to carry
> > guns.
> 
> He isn't alone.  The postgresql general list has a whole thread going in
> just how many armed air marshals would be needed.

Sadly, there are many otherwise rational Americans who believe "more
guns" is an answer to their problems, and refuse to accept the evidence
that more guns means more people get shot.

Mike.

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