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Re Handguns

May 29, 2007 |

Edward Michael George makes a rather telling point in the wake of the kid on kid shooting in Toronto and the predictable demand for the immediate elimination of hand guns:

In response to the accumulation of evidence provided the citizens of France since November 2005 of serious societal decline, President Nicholas Sarkozy condemns as responsible–get this–the French themselves! Now this is a novelty, isn’t it? Imagine suggesting that a country is responsible for the things that happen within its own borders! That its citizens take responsibility for the consequences of their own actions! Scandalous!

To elaborate: Monsieur Sarkozy apparently believes that neither gasoline nor matches are the determining factors in, say, a nationwide blight of car burnings. Rather, he’s under this weird impression that a preponderance of bad behaviour has something to do with the fact that good behaviour isn’t being encouraged or even taught. (For those who don’t know our other official language see here). edward michael george

Indeed.


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