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These messages didn't rhyme/scan so I'm forwarding them to Overflow in the hope they'll disappear from rec.music.filk. --Lee Gold GEErnst wrote: > > Gerry Tyra <gerry@sa-tech.com> wrote in message news:<3B1A83C1.89F168D5@sa-tech.com>... > > GEErnst wrote: > > > > > > At face value, I'd say that Gandhi was in favor of the possession of > > > > private arms by the middle class. > > > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > At face value I'd say you know nothing about Gandhi. > > > > > > GEErnst > > > http://www.potomac-inc.org/idex.html > > > > Interesting. It would appear that someone is watching the boards to > > cover their agenda. > > > > I would have been happier with an informed discussion of the impact and > > implications of the 1878 Arms Act and why Gandhi would be in public > > favor of its repeal without being in favor of private ownership of arms > > (e.g., its impact on nationalism and Indian self image in support of > > home rule). Or demonstrating that the Act was considered at least > > partially useful as its repeal by the Arms Act of 1959 left many of the > > same constraints in place. > > > > Instead, I get, "You're ignorant." On face value, agenda before > > scholarship and honesty. > > > > Okay, Kay, I'm Kabonging myself. > > > > Gerry > > Well, Oh, Great Scholar, let's see the 1878 and > the 1959 Arms Acts so we can know what we are > talking about and have an informed discussion. > > Gandhi was a militant pacifist. His son joined the Indian > Army and Gandhi never spoke to his son again. Give some > quotations where he might be construed to give support to > the right of the NRA's "armed citizen guerrillas" to "outflank" > this government or any government, > http://www.potomac-inc.org/emeerappd.html. > > GEErnst > http://www.potomac-inc.org/index.html