Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Too true, Jim, but curiously enough in the other terrorist killing yesterday in Marseille, France the youngish person "Of North African appearance" only killed two people, while the much much older white person beat him with fifty nine dead so far and five hundred plus injured. Mind you, the retired accountant did have the advantage of an arsenal of firearms while the younger "ONAa" only had a large kitchen knife. Is there anything we can learn from this? Apparently no, as the obvious seems to be too unpalatable in the US. However, perhaps, just perhaps, the lower death toll just could be because legal limitations on firearm ownership are stricter here in Europe. Naturally, the tragedy will be regretted, but the same words will be trotted out, and forgotten. Then in a few months, maybe a year, some other loon will try and go for Paddock's record, and the same words will resound again, and similar inactions will follow. Here in the old world, we all stunned that this sort of thing is allowed to happen without any corrective legislation being implemented that might forestall such horrors. We are bewildered by the complacency, and indeed complicity of of US politicians and their influencers. Douglas On 02/10/2017 23:57, Jim Nichols wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > I was living on a farm during the 1930s, with a battery-powered radio, > when the strongest radio stations reaching us were XERA, below the > Mexican border, and WSM, in Nashville, both broadcasting a lot of > country music.? I got my fill of it then, and still don't care for it, > but we do have an extended family member who is on tour as an aspiring > country artist and song writer.? The first thing I did this morning > after seeing the Las Vegas story was to check his tour schedule, and > he wasn't in Vegas. > > As to how it happens, derangement and hatred aren't limited to a > single locale.? I haven't seen any recent stories from Ireland, but > England and the continent are seeing the same sort of dangers, just > with a different underlying story. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 10/2/2017 5:02 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> I hope that no one on this list has friends or family who have been >> victims or affected by the horrific murders last night. On this side >> of the Atlantic, it's hard to understand how this sort of thing happens. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information