From: cthong@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher Thong)
Subject: Re: FREE 1-YEAR NRA... enough allready!!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 04:41:30 GMT

wreck@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (R. Cage) writes:

>In <cthong.713669756@sfu.ca> cthong@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher Thong) writes:
>>firstly- hold on -let me get a grip on myself-- heh- 
>>I AM NOT FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA!!
>>SINGAPORE IS NOT , HAS NEVER BEEN , WILL EVER BE A CHINESE STATE!!
>>HEH.HEH..AHHHMMMM..

>Ah.  You're from the place which has a leadership that's so
>anal-retentive, it has outlawed CHEWING GUM.
sigh.... once again my insulting young friend....get your damn facts
straight - the act of chewing gum is not illegal in s'pore.
it's the importing of the gum to SELL that is.
each person is allowed to bring in 2 cartons if he gets it from overseas
for his own use...
the reason for imposing the ban on importation is that a 20 cent piece
of gum was time and time again responsible for bringing sections of a 
5 billion dollar subway system to a halt.
every 4 years we have elections in the state.
MP s fight for the right to represent their constituencies in parliament.
we elect the best person whom we feels best represents our wants and 
needs and we put him in. we have a president and a prime minister.
you need a gun because you don'y feel safe in your own home
or outside.
you take so much longer to get things done- laws passed - legislatures
proposed and even getting a proper geographical education
and i'm the UNFREE one? 
i'm the one whose controlled ?
feh...
i'm the one whose living in a police state when:
(if you're canadian)- you have a politician who knows full well that 
can go back on campaign promises and doubledeal doctors in b.c. and 
get away with it?
(if you're american) - you have darryl gates?
feh...
i can't tell if you're american or canadian.
but once again , i still have a healthy respect for both countries , 
brush up on your geography and general knowledge before you discuss
my country again . i'm proud and happy to be s'porean and am fully
aware of faults in my own country's system which i'll be more ready 
to DISCUSS with you when you (OR ANYBODY) gets their facts together.
chewing gum indeed... and i bet you put your hand under bus seats
and lecture theatre desks every day and thank god that your govt isn't
anal retentive.
shhhhheeeeesh.......
>I can see why you like the idea of a police state.  You
>feel at home and comfortable in one.  The disorderly nature
>of free interaction makes you feel ill at ease.

>If you like Singapore so much better, why are you here?

>By the way, I'm not Canadian.  I'm from the USofA.

>>My views on why people would feel safer in a country where firearms 
>>are prohibited (private use) are supported by these points.
>>- i feel safer in my country because there, i can rely on the police

>We can't rely on the police, either to arrive quickly or at all.
>Our population density isn't high enough to have police close by
>when problems occur; delays are inevitable.  Can't do a thing
>about it, yet you think we should throw away our first line of
>defense?

>>the cops meanwhile are only a 20 second phone call away.

>If I could get a car DISPATCHED in 20 seconds, I'd be in much
>better shape.  It's more like a minute or more.  Then there's
>the 5 miles to the station; 5 minutes' travel at 60 MPH.  By
>the time the police get here, I could be dead.

>>keep your gun in your pocket? ... ha... funny.
>>you obviously watch a lot of clint eastwood movies.

>I hate Clint Eastwood movies.  They're so schlocky.
>But yes, I'd be happy with a pocket automatic.  It
>would be enough to chase thugs away, since thugs
>are basically cowards.

>Thugs being cowards, if it were legal for me to carry
>a pocket automatic, they'd be leery of picking on you
>too if you visited here.  How could they know if *you*
>had one or not?

>>i accept points of view from all gun enthusiasts and people who feel
>>for whatever reason they NEED a gun . (protection? okay. ) 

>That's a nice turnaround.  Welcome aboard the pro-choice bandwagon.

>>you just learn to accept that as i accept your views , i don't have
>>to agree with them ,

>As I accept your views that you don't need or want anything to
>do with firearms.  Fine, I wouldn't dream of forcing you to.
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