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Date Posted: 07:39:24 04/26/05 Tue
Author: bobbi
Author Host/IP: adsl-68-91-144-124.dsl.wacotx.swbell.net / 68.91.144.124
Subject: if i may interject a comment or 2 on this subject
In reply to: Joe Taylor 's message, "I'll tell you what the problem is" on 10:58:46 08/07/04 Sat

my first comment relates to whether a background check is performed or not on a purchase of a weapon at a bank. all one has to do to circumvent it is to go to a gun show which the nra rallies around like cowboys with wagons to protect. you can buy just about anything you want, or the kits to build and modify the weapons all in one place. it's all legal thanks to the nra.

another point i had was regarding the comment on nra and kkk associations. they may not be directly linked to one another officially or openly, but clearly charlton heston made racist remarks for the camera without any concern as to what it might make others think. you don't become racist overnight. these are views he held long before michael moore came to town.

the kkk is a strong supporter of the nra and a large percentage (and i mean way up there) of kkk members are also nra members and own firearms. is the nra aware of this. of course they are. they market their products to feed the fears of the public and you can bet that they have done research somewhere to see how to appeal to certain demographics or regions where kk members are numerous. of course they are not blatant about it, but it is there.

facts are, while violent crimes and crimes in general were down several years ago, the nra pushed hard and campaigned in states and guns sales increased. even in states where guns were used to mow down numerous people like cattle.

look at the statistics of blacks in prison or watch the story about tulia, texas. heck our public schools here in texas and universities are reverting back to the ways of the 50's. you don't have to do much searching to find that the kkk and racism in general still have a strong hold on the states that are the biggest supporters of the nra.

and my last comment pertains to communism, purity, and the general comments made in reference to america and propaganda. first of all, communism, in and of itself is not bad. it is the manner in which most communist leaders have used communism to crutch their own egos and greeds that makes communism look bad. you can also say the same for most democratic leaders. does that make democracy itself bad, no. does it make the leaders of democracy bad, probably.

propaganda was also very heavily used against communism by our government based on the same methods of fear mongering in the same way bush uses it to chase after saddam and moore uses it to portray bush. fear is a powerful tool, and people go to great lengths to use it to motivate others to see and do what they want. it appears to me that while you see the propaganda used in modern day politics, you overlooked that which you used to form your opinions of communism. remember, for all of our fear of communism and taking over the world, we ourselves and out greatest allies also were busy spreading our own ideals and rule over countries, land, etc and were we not the firs to use the atomic weapon? yes, it stopped the japanese and jump started the end of ww2, but it was also used as a message to the russians that we had pwoer and weren't afraid to use it. and we killed far more people with that bomb than saddam did, the terrorists of 9-11, and pearl harbor combined. and we killed hundreds of thousands of women and children with that bomb don't forget. does that make us worse, no. japanese tortured women, russians did their dirty work. my point is, propaganda and right or wrong are relative to where you live.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> p.s. sorry about the spelling errors i noticed after it posted. -- bobbi, 07:41:35 04/26/05 Tue (adsl-68-91-144-124.dsl.wacotx.swbell.net/68.91.144.124)

i wasn't aware that you do not get to midfy your message on this forum. sorry about that!


bobbi


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