Re: Semper Vigilans - Re: Extremism

From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 15:42:50 MST


Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/9/01 1:01:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> russell_whitaker@hotmail.com writes:<< Oh, and after that: "eternal
> vigilance"... which takes on enhanced meaning when you're an immortalist.
> Russell >>
>
> Russell,
> That was very good. That also takes on another meaning when one is
> letting a anti-gun extremist know that incrementalism ain't going to work.
> BTW, I like to write romantic poetry for the lady of my life. That in
> turn has taught me to listen to words and phrasology. Have you notice that
> "semi-automatic has became a pejorative. It automatically conveys "beyond
> the pale" without further explanation?
> Consequently, it has become one of those key phrases that alerts me it is
> about time to go to war.
> Ron h.

There was a funny semantic analysis of the way that the media calls any
gun it sees now 'semi-automatic', as in 'semi-automatic revolver and
'semi-automatic bolt action rifle', as seen in the media coverage of the
Wakefield shooting. To wit:

Subject: Re: Beyond Wacky In Wakefield
    Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:46:08 -0500
    From: "Jacobyte" <Jacobyte@nospam.net>
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Now now, let's not pick on the media. They're only doing their job of
confounding and confusing the issues with words.

The word automatic, which goes back to the Greek word automatos, means:
"acting of one's own will, self-acting, of itself,"

I guess that means that an automatic weapon will shoot of its own
accord!
Holy Shit, Maynard! Start the presses! Automatic weapons have a mind
of
their own and pull their own triggers! I always knowed them things was
evil!

And the prefix "semi" means: "resembling or having some of the
characteristics of." That would mean that semi-automatics are
"semi-conscious" and only pull their own triggers from time to time and
without much forethought. I find this very frightening and wonder why
the
press hasn't picked up on this. I'd best go unload all of my guns so
they
don't up and kill someone on their own!



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