Brilliant! My
last Post has attracted a lot of hate mail. This has mostly been from
Americans. From gun Lobbyists, zealots and some Marine types. I even received a
hate letter from a Fireman. Are American Firemen also armed? I guess so. And
yes Doris - I know I will likely burn in Hell. Your daily reminders about this really
aren't all that necessary. You forget that I live in Singapore - I am burning
already.
Some of the
emails I received are a little disturbing so at night now I keep my curtains
closed. Just in case. I am a bit fearful that a red dot will appear on my
forehead. A laser sight. The reach of the US Gun lobbyists is long.
My best mate
Berty wrote me an email correcting a few errors that were in my last post.
Berty lives in Nevada but he remains proudly Australian. Berty has opted not to
bear arms although I would imagine the urge to shoot some of his neighbors is
powerful.
I have met
some of them before.
Berty informed
me that it is in fact the American Bill of Rights that grants its citizens
liberties and the First Amendment to this Bill grants Freedom of Speech. The
Second Amendment deals with the right to bear arms. Berty informed me that we
are almost exclusively given two. Arms that is. Left and Right.
Nice one mate.
Give my love to Dana. I miss you both.
Ironically in
India there is a right not to bare arms. It is not a Right at all actually. It
is a Requirement and it applies only to women. In Hindi temples arms must be
covered at all times.
In one email I
received - in what was a very long diatribe – an American Gun Lobbyist informed
me that the only thing that will stop a bad person with a gun is a good person
with a gun. I have heard this argument before. If neither the bad person nor
the good person had guns then they wouldn't be able to shoot each other at all.
Would they?
Guns are not
allowed in Singapore – at least not for citizens. There are no shootings here and
there are no mass slaughtering. Interestingly though I was recently informed
that one of Singapore's biggest industries and exports is in fact ammunition.
They make a lot of bullets for the Americans and for the British too. It is
their quiet contribution to war mongering and they make a fortune out of it.
There are guns
in Australia although ownership of any weapons is very restricted. We have Gun
Laws. Guns are required by many farmers in Australia. They are needed to shoot
vermin. This includes kangaroos. Kangaroos cause a lot of damage on rural
properties and they taste good too.
The weapon of
choice in Australia seems to be the knife. This is a bit alarming although it
is mostly bad guys stabbing other bad guys with these weapons. These men are referred
to as bogans in my country. They are also considered vermin. The bogan's choice
to eradicate their species by stabbing each other in the face isn't such a bad
form of population control.
I quite like
it actually.
I received a
couple of hate mails too regarding my comment that the US are invaders and
occupiers of foreign lands and particularly countries that happened to be rich
in oil. It is to my great shame that there are also Australian troops involved
in these atrocities. I personally do not agree with the Australian Government
on our involvement in these wars. We have our own oil.
We have
plenty.
One Reader
informed me that these American Troops were fighting in far away foreign lands
for the freedom of oppressed people. Whilst this sounds very noble it carries
no weight. Why aren't American troops then bombing China or North Korea? These
are countries where Human Rights and atrocities have been carried out for
decades.
Look also in
your own back yard Americans. Look long and hard.
Now
all of this is my own opinion and I am simply exercising my own freedom of
speech. Send me all the hate mail you want.
I
love it.
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