Re: columbine

Julia Haldemann (haldemann@frankeser.ch)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:02:25 +0200

thanx james ;) Thanx for your answer I understand wath u mean(UHAAA I am
understanding sth in english that's great ***grins***) Anyway we have a
cultural diversity too...three languages are spoken in my country...anyway
maybe your country is just too big...I mean it's difficult to amenistrated
such a huge state. It's so impressing...maybe the individual loses itself in
it...anyway I need a siesta! I wish u all a good friday evening and I am
jelouse on all of u who r in Ny since I would love to pass a friday evening
in NYC...
Take care
julia

James J Rovira wrote:

> I love reading your posts, Julia, and your Italian comes through
> wonderfully in your English.  Keep posting :)
>
> There's no explaining it, really, other than the fact that one thing the
> US suffers from more than many other countries is terminal diversity.
> We're standing on feet of iron mixed with clay, and the smallest rock can
> make us collapse at times.  Racial tension is just below the surface in
> many of our cities.
>
> We're also affluent without a universally held set of values, and we have
> problems with our impulses.   Anger management is a serious issue here.
> We don't have set, acceptable ways to express it.
>
> Matthew--
>
> Guns aren't the problem here, in my opinion.   I hate to say this, but
> more than the dollar or the vote the bullet is the fundamental unit of
> political power.  He who holds all the bullets and the means of procuring
> them holds all the power.  The right to bear arms was not intended to
> protect the public from outside invasion, but from its own government,
> allowing for the possibility of a future revolution should the current US
> government descend into tyranny.
>
> Jim
>
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