Gingerbeer

Otta --- I agree with you. Unfortunately, the fact is this: the US will never, NEVER, disallow the owning of firearms. There are too many people who cling too tightly to the 2nd Ammendment for it to happen. Cases brought to the Supreme Court have consistently upheld the right to bear arms. Right or wrong, thats the state of things. Because of that, the only solution I see is to work within the parameters of people owning guns. Checks and balances, mental health screenings, more tightly controlled access.... I dont know what the answer is. But Im afraid it is one that has to work within/around the reality of people owning weapons.

Huguenot -- I can appreciate your opinions, and even respect them. I see your posts and often think them intelligent, some times I even laugh. From those I can get some "sense" of you. However, I do not know you. I dont pretend to know what you think, what you feel, what you know, or your motivations. I would appreciate you do the same for me.

Damn Huguenot, take a deep breath. 1. I dont "justify" guns. I would happily see gun reform in the U.S. I deplore guns (including hunting), would not and do not use them. 2. No, I do not consider the attacks equivalent. 3. My point was that while yes, gun control is part of the issue, the fact is that removing access to guns does not stop people from engaging in senseless, vicious attacks on innocent people. To immediately blame the entire situation on guns is short-sighted. 4. "Normal", mentally stable, balanced people do not go on rampages. For true reform to take place, mental health needs to somehow be brought into the equation. For example: I am not a felon. Therefore, I can buy any kind of automatic weapon that I wish. However, I have been under psychiatric care for many years. This is not taken into consideration when issuing me my new weapon. Should I even be allowed to purchase one? What is staggering are your assumptions about my opinions and meaning. In the future, might I suggest asking for clarification from someone you "like" before working yourself into an unhealthy state of... whatever it is youre in.

Yesterday a man in China weilding a knife stabbed 22 elementary school children. Is this a mental health issue or a weapons issue?

On one occasion I was playing Ravi Shankar, and I had begun to suspect it was bothering my cat. She then confirmed it by peeing on every single Shankar CD I owned.

Arent you more concerned about your ability to continue to bathe daily in ass milk? I know I am.

NOM

Actually, that made sense to me. Thanks!

What actually makes a bar a "bar" if it doesnt necessarily have a bar in it?

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A boozer is a pub, a bar ain't. So whats the difference between a pub and a bar?

Gods be good, theres another one?! Do you suppose they are as charming and welcoming as forumites here are?

Its actually only a temporary deal, 8 weeks at the most. I just thought there might be some fun things to explore while Im in the area. Before heading back to ED of course.

hah! Deeply appreciated.

Well, Ive had enough of you lot, so its onward to West Dulwich. Whats good down there?

Whats the difference between boozer bars and bar bars?

I think I was under the impression that you couldnt make a contraction out of just any old verb. I stand corrected.

Either way it looks crazy!

Yes, I understand how contractions work. But "daren't" is not used in US English.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm increasingly lucid when I dream - particularly > in the mornings. > > So I know I'm dreaming, and that the situations > I'm in are being generated by my own diseased > imagination. > > Like a spectator in a Hieronymous Bosch landscape, > I'm quite frankly scared of the thoughts that > cross my mind when asleep compared with the rose > tinted spectacles I wear when awake. Bosch and double-Bosch! His painting are equisite, but I daren't call you lucky. (is daren't even a word?)

I giggle every time I pass the salon Curl Up and Dry in New Cross.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > .....my birthday drinks...will have to be next > year Surely its never too late to have birthday drinks?? You would pass on the oppourtunity to get drunkies for free?

That really begs the question: why handrails for a goat ramp?

Tree, goat, love ramp... Well yeah, I mean, why not?

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good heavens, a search on 'goat tree' reveals some > absolute berserkers... Did your search come up with dozens of goat pictures and 1 creepy porn-ish pic? Uh, mine did.

Oh my holy hell.. well I stand by my previous statement. I had no idea goats could climb trees.