JGowans

I've decided that adults will never know the answers to these questions because there's too much shite floating around our noggins. For true insight, I'm going to ask a bunch of little kids. I'm serious.

My purpose is to colonize as much of this great earth as god will allow on behalf of queen and country. america is proving a tougher nut to crack than i anticipated. my employers are putting some tough pressure on me for results.

I took it as an anti american spin when it really was just a bunch of redneck hick drunk kids... Nope not me complaining about Americans. I was complaining that the news crews will get a hold of it and have everyone believe that we shouldn't go to Canada. It could have applied to Fred Meyers in Ballard.

yes, they do still go. they now attend with guns.

you're right it would make the news. i also think though that it would have a spin put on it such that we'd all be afraid to go to Mt. Rainier national park, Discovery Park, or wherever the danger lurked.

I'm an overly sensitive Euro liberal that gets shit on by gun-toting conservatives.

better. but i know you can even better. let yourself go. feel the hatred mix with bile and spew forth.

Fuck off arsehole. If you want me to shut up, you'll have to do better than "Shut up Goddamn". You sound like a fucking retard. Take an office poll and come up with a better put down because you sound like a fool that took exception to my third-grade remark. I think it hit close to home. Am I warm?

If I may respond to this blanket generalization, I thought you should know that I was alerted to this attack by a fellow cc.comer who thought that the public might be interested in knowing about this. Out goal is not to sensatinalize everything that happens. This attack is clearly something that is of interest to you guys (evidenced by the large number of postings on this topic) so if you're talking about it, don't you think others might be talking about it as well? 1. I specialize in blanket generalizations 2. The news entertainment industry specializes in blanket generalizations. 3. The only thing that's newsworthy is a topic that'll ultimately help you sell more ad time. Fear sells. Maybe you can tie this story in with baseball bats from Louisville Slugger on special at Big 5 sporting Goods. 4. You sentsationalize everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING. News entertainment sucks for how sensationalized it is, and how it is tailored to a third-grade educated individual. 5. This topic was interesting on this board because it affects most of us that may either live or climb in Squamish. Your average homeowner in Bellevue will just see the headline and say, "That's it honey, we're going to Wenatchee for vacation this year. There's too many rednecks in Squamish. Canada is SUCH a violent country. I say we boycott Canadian products and smash in the windows of the local Canadian grocer like we did with those sappy French when they refused to join in the fun in Iraq."

I think I'll take your American dollars for a few years more and then move back when I'm ready to start a family. Just like all my other Euro friends do.

Here's one.. http://www.lcav.org/content/gunviolence.asp Not the one I used for my previous stat but it'll do. I got the "11,000 deaths" from Stupid White Men. I'll reearch his source tonight and get back to you. Here's some more fodder: Gun Death - International Comparisons Gun deaths per 100,000 population (for the year indicated): Homicide Suicide Unintentional USA 4.08 (1999) 6.08 (1999) 0.42 (1999) Canada 0.54 (1999) 2.65 (1997) 0.15 (1997) Switzerland 0.50 (1999) 5.78 (1998) - Scotland 0.12 (1999) 0.27 (1999) - England/Wales 0.12 (1999/00) 0.22 (1999) 0.01 (1999) Japan 0.04* (1998) 0.04 (1995) <0.01 (1997) * Homicide & attempted homicide by handgun Data collected by Philip Alpers, Harvard Injury Control Research Center, and HELP Network Additional data can be found in Table A.10 of the World report on violence and health, published by the World Health Organization on 3rd October 2002.

Friends that have lived overseas have been happy to return. Friends that have moved here from other countries don't want to leave. Think about it. Personally, I want to leave. How utterly shocking is that? I must be an anomaly in the stats.

I think we can expect this to make the news because it's yet another fearful experience to present to the sedated public. "From the station that brought you Y2K, and killer tooth paste, we are proud to present, 'Crazy Canadians Target Innocent Americans'. Folks, you won't want to miss this shocking story, and what you can do to sneak your personal firearm over the border to protect your loved ones. Stay tuned. Back after these messages. Cue ad for Colgate Toothpaste (the killer one was Mentadent)"

I think that's just a function of wherever you grew up. Every time I head back to Scotland, I think it's great to be home. I'd guess that most of us pine for home wherever that may be.

This country has over 11,000 deaths a year from guns. Why is that? I think the UK had 60 or so. Don't feed the fear frenzy.

chivo!?!? I have no idea what you said, but I'm guessing you disagree. Fact is, the most likely cause of death for black youth in the U.S. is gunfire. If there were no guns, this would not be the case. The NRA promotes gun ownership and thus helps to propogate gun ownership, and the slew of disheartening statistics that follow said ownership.

Agreed. For a benchmark of superfluous welfare one need only look to Sweden, Holland, or most other EU nations except the UK. Actually if FS claims that the US welfare system is superfluous then the UK one is downright decadent! because someone else spends more we should as well? tha makes a great deal of sense... I did not claim that the US should spend more. Rather, I tried to provide substance to my counter argument that the US does NOT have a superfluous welfare system.

For your information, Charleton Heston has stepped down as President of the NRA due to his diagnosis with the onset of Alzheimer's Disease. Kayne Robinson has been appointed President in his stead. Further, the "pro-gun rally" you purport took place, in fact, DID NOT. The NRA Annual Meeting (which was scheduled at least a year prior) did take place in Denver or C.S., I can't remember which. Get your facts straight, MR. Gowans Greg Thank you for correcting me. Please substitute the erstwhile Kayne Robinson for Mr. Heston in my above statement. I still say Ben Hur made a better pitch man though. The only other voice that could come close would be James Earl Jones but why would a brother endorse a movement that propogates violence against other brothers?

Agreed. For a benchmark of superfluous welfare one need only look to Sweden, Holland, or most other EU nations except the UK. Actually if FS claims that the US welfare system is superfluous then the UK one is downright decadent!

The French did what?

And that, I think, is precisely why no-one bothers to utter the word anymore. They're afraid of the answers and instead focus on action-reaction. Why is the dirty little word that no-one should ever mention. Why do we execute juveniles? Why do we refuse to recognize that the planet is going to shit? Why do we bomb other countries? Why do we have 16 year old girls getting stomach-reduction surgery? Why? Why? Why?

Speaking of Heston, my guess is that his Lear jet is already filled and ready to fly to the latest murder scene to hold a pro-gun rally a la Columbine and others. A strange tactic to the layperson, but it seems to work.

Why ask whhy? Because no-one ever seems to anymore. Why is that?

Why?

Discuss.