tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2449265623355592442.post2128422678433973369..comments2008-06-09T09:39:24.047-07:00Parallelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783124953758216044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2449265623355592442.post-72229364432207312212008-06-09T09:39:00.000-07:002008-06-09T09:39:00.000-07:00This essay and the two comments are all in the x-ring. This is as important as Marko's (Munchkin Wrangler) "The Gun is Civilization".<BR/><BR/>"Now, the question becomes, what to do, if anything [can be done], about it?" I think we all agree that this attitude must be exposed and the more that it can be exposed the more we can slow the move towards a police state.Windy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2449265623355592442.post-82078232417934934222008-03-15T08:37:00.000-07:002008-03-15T08:37:00.000-07:00Parallel,<BR/><BR/>I think you have finally put it all together. For years, the gun rights community has been searching for the "why" of hoplophobia, figuring that if we could just find the key, we could persuade the more rational of these guys to at least be neutral. What Goldberg has added to this search is the fact that, at its core, the beliefs that inspire hoplophobia are fundamentally religious in nature, and therefore can not be changed by anyone other than the person himself, and that rarely happens.<BR/><BR/>Now, the question becomes, what to do, if anything, about it?<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>PolyKahrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2449265623355592442.post-19125659319328645122008-03-02T09:28:00.000-08:002008-03-02T09:28:00.000-08:00Over ten years ago, some anonymous person posted in talk.politics.guns the following message:<BR/><BR/>"A gun in the hands of a free man frightens and angers the autocrat, not because he fears the power of the gun, but, rather, the spirit of the man who holds it."<BR/><BR/>Hoplophobia feeds on this, because gun control is people control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com