(no subject)

[fpb]

One person I met on someone else's LJ called Sarah Palin a Nazi. This person, luckily, is already banned from my LJ.

Another, at the same time, showed a picture of an eleven-year-old girl with an AK-47 and thought it cute. This person also suggested that the ability to use such implements should be a test of citizenship.

Needless to say, I defriended this person on the spot. I try to understand Americans, but there is a limit.

Comments

Facetious, alas, does not exclude foolish

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly. An AK-47 is not a hunting gun. And children from rural communities throughout the world are taught to hunt by their elders. It is exactly the same in Europe, and I could introduce to several hunting families in both Italy and Britain.

Re: Facetious, alas, does not exclude foolish

[jennilee.livejournal.com]

I know what an AK-47 is. I used to play video games. :)

And just because things are done doesn't make them automatically okay to do to this vegan.

Re: Facetious, alas, does not exclude foolish

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Whatever your tastes in food, hunting is not the same as killing people, and an AK-47 is designed for the latter function and not for the former. If you find killing a caribou on the same level as killing a human being, then I am afraid that there is a certain difference in our outlooks.

Re: Facetious, alas, does not exclude foolish

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I grew up with lots of hunters in the family, and ate venison stew and 'deerburger'. I am all for people owning hunting rifles, but I completely agree with the ban on fully automatic weapons. No one needs to own them except the military or law enforcement.

One of my friends' husband is a big game hunter (seriously--he packed up into the Ural mountains to hunt bear and went on safari in Africa) and his rifles are not automatic weapons.

Re: Facetious, alas, does not exclude foolish

[fpb.livejournal.com]

General Kalashnikov, who designed the gun - and who is, so far as I know, still alive and healthy - said it quite clearly: its purpose is to defend the country. He also regretted that it found its way in the hands of terrorists and bandits.