From:	Michael & Linda Frankl mlfrankl@*****.msn.com
Subject:	the value of education (OT-rant, long)
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:31:04 -0400

Arclight commented:
>Hmh, just as a sidenote:
>
>If you have problems with your goverment, it's the wrong way to get
>yourself a load of guns, practice guerilla warfare and stock explosives.
>What about going to vote for another party?
>
>arclight

I'm not really interested in a load of guns. Where I get concerned is in the
amount of laws that can be changed or implemented by a knee-jerk political
reaction before you can vote the guy out. Things like the school shootings,
where the people who committed the crimes broke 18 some odd laws and they
want to pass more laws (which won't work).

As demonstrated by most of our SR character concepts (who are actually more
moral than your average criminal), laws only affect the law-abiding. Making
it harder on people who obey the rules won't do a damn thing to change how
the people who don't follow the system will act. I've always believed that
the drug dealer with 100kg of cocaine in the belly of a speed boat never
really thought twice about the extra 2-5 years having an illegal automatic
rifle would get him.

Please also do not assume people that are pro-gun or pro-self-defense are
all nutcases in the woods. A great many people on this planet owe the nice
lifestyle they live in to people who were willing to fight to defend their
people and way of life. My concern is that when there are no wolves the
sheep tend to turn their noses up at the sheep dogs.

Mike, aka Smilin' Jack