Subj : Re: Rescue Me
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 11:45:30

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson wrote:

> Tangential consequence of Katrina: Private gun ownership will increase
> nationwide. 

To protect us from our scared and starving neighbors? Or our whackjob 
neighbors? Or to shoot at the Hurricane[1]?

One of the boards I read, it was noted by one of those damn furriners 
just how much different the American response to Katrina, was from people 
in the developing nations who dealt with the Tsunami.

Verdict the more you are pampered by technology and easy access to food, 
the more victim you fall to scarcity mentalities and primal impulses when 
you lose it.

He was a little scared by the creature lying just beneath the surface of 
the "average American" 

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

[1] One of the original creators of Godzilla lamented the end of the US 
Godzilla movie with Matthew Broderick because Gojira was supposed to be 
this unstoppable force of nature that rampages, and then leaves, you 
don't beat Godzilla, you survive it... Anyways he admonished them for 
having to kill it with their guns, as a concession to their egos.

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