Comments on: Today’s Idiot

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:42:21 +0000

Genghis Kahn didn’t need an AK either…but he would have liked one, the ONLY one.

By: bob r

bob r — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:04:01 +0000

I'm pretty sure the Romans and the Carthaginians did not have guns at Cannae. They still managed to kill in excess of 50,000 people in one day. Wouldn't take a ~~lot of~~ any effort to find more recent examples. See workinwifdakids' comment above for one.

By: Michael Hawkins

Michael Hawkins — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:34:32 +0000

A place without guns? I need not imagine:

By: workinwifdakids

workinwifdakids — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:57:26 +0000

In political science, we often trade place for time. In other words, since we cannot go back in time, is there another place where we can witness such an event happening? What would happen if there were no guns?

African nation, starts with R, ends with Wanda, machetes… nope, drawing a blank here, folks!

By: Regolith

Regolith — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:03:42 +0000

You can go on and on ad nauseam about mental health, drugs, depression, revenge, etc. But when push comes to shove, if there were no guns on this planet (and I mean all guns ) military, civilian — all) how would they respond to their dilemma?

That was the money quote right there. The rest was standard blather; this is the statement that proves this guy is a brain dead idiot.

By: DJMoore

DJMoore — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:05:58 +0000

I’m very pleased to see that the Herald’s commenters instantly and consistently called Dick out for the ignorant fool he is.

I wonder when he and his editors will start to get a clue?

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:42:39 +0000

You could say the same thing about any trades profesonals. We have compressed air nail guns, and electric table saws, but sometimes just a regular 20 oz Claw Hammer and a hand saw are the best tool.

Speaking of tools….this guy is one!

By: retro

retro — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:40:33 +0000

“if there were no guns on this planet…”

If – the biggest word in the dictionary. As my Dad always used to say, “If Aunt Mary had balls she’d be Uncle Fred.”

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:05:45 +0000

Bows and arrow worked quite well for a long period of time, from ancient Egypt to Late-Medieval Japan – and as for drugs, don’t go lickin’ that jungle-frog’s ass, or play with the magic mushrooms! Jeeze – does he think we INVENTED everything? Mostly we just refined things found in nature.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:19:03 +0000

And if we got rid of all the illegal drugs, there would be no drug abuse.

By: Yu-Ain Gonnano

Yu-Ain Gonnano — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:04:45 +0000

if there were no guns on this planet (and I mean all guns ) military, civilian � all) how would they respond to their dilemma?

As Thibodeaux said, by (re)inventing them.

By: Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:24:43 +0000

He wants to rid the planet of all guns? Good luck with that. There's one thing gun banners won't understand. It is very simple. The word that sums it up is: Technology. You see, gunpowder and firearms are Medieval technology. And really, as long as the recipe for powder is remembered, the big requirement is a level of metallurgy sufficient for casting the bores. Are we going to wind the clock back to the stone age, sir, or just to the bronze?