No money for John Howard
April 17th, 2007I’m not going to preach about gun rights. Now’s not the time. My deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. Today, we fly the flag at half-mast in mourning.
Last year, Mrs. Z, me, and some friends decided to take a vacation in Australia. Today, we all reconsidered. John Howard and the rest of those scumbag commies won’t get a penny of my money. Instead, it’s going to Turkey.
My friend and her hubby just got back from a sick vacation in Turkey. They had a blast. The way she described it, it seemed like paradise. Sunny days. Topless beaches on the Mediterranean. Partying all night at the disco. Cheap food and drinks. Fun people. And they like Americans.
John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, used this tragedy to decry American civil liberties. Shitheads like that get a boner when tragedies like this happen. They love it. They live for it. They’re sick people, worse than ambulance chasing lawyers.
So once again, my deepest condolences go out to the friends and families of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Australia, you just lost some big spending tourists. Turkey, you just gained some.
Hello Nth Americans, I hope you are as distressed about this incident as I am, and BTW Our prime Miniature is a shit head like GWB, a right winger not a commie as suggested, ok. and did the rising oz dollar put you off, or maybe the lavatory seats are larger in Turkey. Have a lovely trip.
Virginia is America, George Washington was born there, its the state of the union- the state which is aligned so much to what the USA stands for to this day. Virginia is America in a word.
So the idea that - in America - agunman could go mad and aim his weapon indiscriminately, could take the lives of 32 of his fellow citizens, is the most vulgar of obscenities, the worst denunciation.
Yet that was allowed to happen in Virginia yesterday.
And in America today everyone - including the President, is searching for answers, how can it be that such a thing could happen in our great country.
How indeed? This is America the the land of the free. The birth place of Washington and Bob Lee: the place of the freely available gun, any type of gun, arm yourself to the teeth, you don’t need a licence.
Yesterday should remind us of an undeniable truth - there is no ‘right’ to carry weapons. Those who make the tired old argument that “it’s people not guns” who kill others, should wake up.
Wed Apr 18, 04:35:00 PM EST
4/18/2007 3:57 AM
Zombie I see you just pissed off that troll of ours again. I didnt even bother reading his comment. I just skipped over it. He has been leaving very nasty comments I have had to delete more than once and will keep doing.
Anyway nice post. You will have to post some pix of this when you come back. I have never been to another country unless you are including going over the border into Cananda to Ontario for a few hours.
I want to go to Finland, France and a few other places some day. My great grandmothers parents were from Finland. And France is just suppose to be beautiful. I have no idea if I will ever get to either but I love to dream. LOL…
Seriously? 33 people die and you’re pissed off at Austrailia for suggesting that maybe we need to do something about our gun laws? His comments can’t be completely dismissed. We have a large gun culture in America, and though I’m not suggesting that we nullify the 4th ammendment, I think it’s worth taking a look at. It was just a little too easy for this guy to kill all of these people, and America the highest percentage of gun deaths out of all the industrialized nations in the world. That surely can’t be considered a good thing.
Dammit - this stupid question thing ticks me off. I lost my entire comment b/c I forgot to add 3+0.
Anyway I will try to recreate it. I agree with UWL - now is EXACTLY the time to start having these discussions. What will it take for our gun regulations to be fully enforced and for us to realize that there is NO logical reason for any person to have a semi-automatic weapon?
We also have to take a very close look at our culture. Why do we have the most gun deaths? I think it’s related to our rampant individualism personally. We value individual (Me! Me! Me!) above the welfare of the common good and community. We’re selfish consumerist assholes who can no longer properly empathize and relate to our fellow human beings. Violence breeds violence, sure, but so does detachment and isolation.
I also want to go to Turkey. Sounds fascinating.
hey there ZS! Sorry I haven’t posted in a while…been so tired making this baby! It takes everything out of me! Even though I’m a liberal, I’ve been wondering how a person from another country here on a Visa is allowed to purchase a gun…especially without having to go through some sort of training. And shouldn’t they have to take a class or something about American gun laws…you know, how to conduct yourself as an American gun owner….because the rules are so different from country to country. I just don’t know how he was able to purchase a gun.
Been there done that about half doz times with RN, on those ships with guns (shush) 1947, 1956, 1962, 1964. Istanbul and Iskanderan. 1986 Ankara. Have been Holidaying and working in Australia Since 1971. Now in bone idle wealthy retirement.
Slade: Actually the shooter wasn’t on a visa. He was a Legal Permanent Resident (green card holder) who has lived here over 15 years. Permanent Residents are afforded almost all the legal rights (except voting rights) as citizens, and therefore he wouldn’t be flagged.
He **should** have been flagged, however, for having a history of mental health issues…
America needs more honest responsible individualism. It is precisely this irrational emasculated post-democratic culture we are building that is becoming a hothouse for these alienated wackos. Aggression and selfishness are inherent in man, no matter what we want to believe. And it is folks that have guns and know how to use them intelligently, responsibly, and aggressively who have to bail the French, the Brits, and the Aussies out every couple generations.
And I have to respectfully disagree with Laura. Fully automatic, MAYBE. Semi-automatic. C’mon. If you want to know why, just go to PA, TX, or just about any red state, hit a small town, and go talk to some folk. I am just bummed I had to sell my M-4 right before some stupid gun control law gets shoved through Congress again.
Either way, if we want to start using whiteout the Bill of Rights because of this incident lets start with the freedom of the press. I’d wager that if you eliminated graphic novels, sci fi movies, etc., you would see a change in the statistics. At least they’d stop wearing those damned trenchcoats. Just a thought.
I’m not going to get into a gun control debate with you, but I just have to say that kid was too stupid to be in college. What the fuck is wrong with college admissions? Did you read his plays? They’re high school level. He had no business being in college. What I’m wondering is how the fuck he got into college in the first place.
Hey Zom; I think you should eat humble pie and come to Oz, Somehow it seems going to Turkey for a great time is not a great idea. Wait- hang on a sec listen to this exciting news for tourists.
ANKARA TURKEY: Assailants Slit The Throats of three people, one of them a German, at a Turkish publishing house that had been threatened for distributing Bible’s and printing books on Christianity. Recently a tourist displaying his bible went the same way and so did An Armenian journalist and a catholic priest. Also recently a White US Cit- Or believed to be, was mugged and robbed while cavorting in one of the numerous bordello’s, Yeah Mate sounds like bad karma to me.
Vest.