Quote:
2. ...because at no point did I stray off-topic. my words - to the effect that I do not hold with the opinion that it's the guns that kill people - were, I admit, off the cuff, and possibly a little gnomic for you. I was not, however, making a general point about gun ownership or even arms sales. i was being quite specific...
Intention and indication are two different things. Don't give me this BS. You can't possibly expect anybody to infer from your "quite specific" comment something you irresponsibly neglected to explain. Quote:
...in fact, to paraphrase the point: 'soviet arms sales to africa are not responsible for the messes of the past forty years (liberians, sudanese, rwandans, congolese et al. hacking each others' limbs off). if you want to blame this on anyone, blame the british empire, not the soviet version, which (for all its faults) actually did some good down there. contrary to popular opinion, no one has ever made peace for lack of guns. war and hatred find another way. literacy doesn't.'
Oh, of course! What kind of idiot reads "I don't think guns kill people" and