[20812] in APO-L
Re: Partisan Political Activity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Dean)
Thu Aug 26 17:22:14 1999
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:20:43 -0500
Reply-To: Robert Dean <deanrl@GTE.NET>
From: Robert Dean <deanrl@GTE.NET>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> Not exactly true--I could say the exact opposite. If there were no guns,
> anywhere, then no one would get shot. Thus, the must extreme possible gun
> control position is undebateable. However, if all media (what you're
> probably referring to when you talk about "root causes") was restricted to
> just, say, Barney reruns, I think there'd still be violence. Whether media
> is thus the root cause of violence is therefore open to debate (although
> this is probably not the best venue for such debate).
The extreme gun control position IS debateable. The value of people
getting shot vs. having other violence inflicted upon them (in Northern
Ireland, this traditionally takes the form of explosives---as guns are
illegal) is quite subjective. This value judgement is something that
the chapter shouldn't influence.
