tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082173774815417367.post8474288411417065401..comments2023-07-07T16:23:52.254+01:00Comments on Wild and whirling words: Gun controlWild and whirling wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09008065038496728607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082173774815417367.post-55027531548034908412013-11-04T23:31:56.247+00:002013-11-04T23:31:56.247+00:00Although I guess a cargo cult centred on Jefferson...Although I guess a cargo cult centred on Jefferson is better than some of the alternatives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement.Wild and whirling wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008065038496728607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082173774815417367.post-84061657060676157622013-11-04T23:31:38.854+00:002013-11-04T23:31:38.854+00:00I'm always whinging that people don't comm...I'm always whinging that people don't comment on my blog, so I should probably reply to comments when I get them, even if it's two and a half months down the line. <br /><br />Agreed, but this still leaves the problem of why customs and laws that predate the modern state should be intrinsically more valid. I mean, that may be a good explanation, but it's a good explanation of bad reasoning. This worship of the founding fathers and the determination to mould society for evermore in their shape - let's quit ass-kissing Thomas Jefferson and call this the cargo cult that it really is.Wild and whirling wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008065038496728607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082173774815417367.post-10846761451109603862013-11-04T23:30:14.095+00:002013-11-04T23:30:14.095+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wild and whirling wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008065038496728607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082173774815417367.post-23324698804800335162013-11-04T23:28:36.259+00:002013-11-04T23:28:36.259+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wild and whirling wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008065038496728607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082173774815417367.post-92203742939312358982013-08-20T09:42:40.581+01:002013-08-20T09:42:40.581+01:00"in many parts of America economic freedom is..."in many parts of America economic freedom is impossible without a car (to say nothing of car ownership being as all-American as gun-waving), so why allow the state to regulate and limit access to it?"<br /><br />- presumably because widespread gun ownership in America, unlike car ownership, essentially predates the modern state? Discuss.<br /><br />Also, read Hobsbawm on the cowboy myth: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/20/myth-of-the-cowboyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com