tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post6958141181008467773..comments2023-10-12T07:59:04.002-04:00Comments on An Englishman in New Jersey: I Don't Get Guns, CowboyGrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-54449129033446902142009-07-28T10:08:55.589-04:002009-07-28T10:08:55.589-04:00@Cindy O - it's actually "Topperwein"...@Cindy O - it's actually "Topperwein" but it's classic, isn't it!Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-56487712565666015502009-07-23T07:43:21.439-04:002009-07-23T07:43:21.439-04:00I keep looking at the name written above that pict...I keep looking at the name written above that picture - Mrs. Adolph Tooperwein. I love it!Cindy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874115517050860246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-50088007812872410692009-07-15T16:31:11.024-04:002009-07-15T16:31:11.024-04:00@Pazcual - as usual, I than you for your comments....@Pazcual - as usual, I than you for your comments. I'm a pacifist too.<br /><br />I also come from a country where the regular cops do not carry guns. Seeing cops with guns over here was enough to freak me out.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-522690877529158172009-07-15T15:45:42.915-04:002009-07-15T15:45:42.915-04:00I'm going to be terrible honest with you: with...I'm going to be terrible honest with you: with boths you can hurt and kill someone, no matter how conected you get.<br />Unfortunaley, I live in a country were guns and knife are used for killed and destroyed thousands of lifes and families, and because of that I personally dislike guns and all kind of violence. I beleive in dialogue no matter how utopic this sounds. I've always consider that americans are completely paranoic by having a gun next to them when there's no need (we can say apparently but since I won't enter in the eternal discussion keep it as that). And I've seen people here, apart from coops, with guns, and more than once I've felt completley scared. <br />And a curious tip: Colombia it's the only country that, according to different no guvernamental organizations, has the army on the streets carrying heavy guns. You see that and you freak out. <br /><br />Greets (and excellent post btw!)<br /><br />PazPazcualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149463522983136156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-75910502144272922332009-07-14T07:36:48.349-04:002009-07-14T07:36:48.349-04:00Graham, we can only hope!Graham, we can only hope!Cindy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874115517050860246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-55615541715802480632009-07-14T07:30:18.346-04:002009-07-14T07:30:18.346-04:00@Cindy O - I knew I could count on you for a well ...@Cindy O - I knew I could count on you for a well thought out comment!<br /><br />As I said in my original post, the gun culture is part of American history. Maybe modern-day America couldn't have existed without guns.<br /><br />But so many other things from way back when have disappeared. Why not guns?Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-13100537366627774952009-07-14T06:19:45.614-04:002009-07-14T06:19:45.614-04:00Perhaps one explanation is that since our country ...Perhaps one explanation is that since our country was founded, since it's beginning as the United States, guns were in already in existence. <br /><br />The first settlers used guns to hunt food and to kill "hostile natives."<br /><br />The American Revolution, this nation's first war, was fought with guns. Think about it! As a nation, America has no history of any kind of warfare prior to guns!<br /><br />The Second Amendment to our constitution gave early Americans the right to bear arms as a "natural right" to self defense, a means to deter an undemocratic government, and a means to maintain an organized militia.<br /><br />As part of the Bill of Rights, it was enacted very early in America's history, within just a couple of years of the ratification of our constitution!<br /><br />Americans perceived very early on that guns provided a means to protect them from persecution from tyrannical governments. This persecution is why they fled to America in the first place. <br /><br />Also, even today, just a mere 250 years after it's beginning, in this vast continent with huge pockets of wilderness and abundant wildlife, hunters still use their guns to put food on their tables. <br /><br />I agree that as a nation, a facination with guns exists in America, which does make it very difficult to enact legislation to protect her citizens from misuse.<br /><br />Like it, no, but understand it, yes.Cindy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874115517050860246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-75241398876252888332009-07-11T16:51:41.821-04:002009-07-11T16:51:41.821-04:00Thanks so much, @Carrie BThanks so much, @Carrie BGrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-51222003317852664752009-07-11T16:47:38.785-04:002009-07-11T16:47:38.785-04:00Davy Crocket...King of the Wild Frontier!
Excel...Davy Crocket...King of the Wild Frontier! <br /><br />Excellent Post!Carrie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265510132853170479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-18140723765590852302009-07-11T15:35:27.344-04:002009-07-11T15:35:27.344-04:00Thanks, @Lexie - I have to say that if the TV is t...Thanks, @Lexie - I have to say that if the TV is to be believed, many Greeks like their guns too. I've seen quite a few scenes of drunken Greek men shooting their guns in the air. Out in the country, of course. Is this just a stereotype?Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-57252263123590169362009-07-11T02:16:56.584-04:002009-07-11T02:16:56.584-04:00I enjoyed reading your post Graham, as always it w...I enjoyed reading your post Graham, as always it was both interesting and funny!<br /><br />There is indeed a little obesession of Americans with guns, maybe not in all states, I guess it happens more to some particular places maybe but it's a fact that most Americans love their guns :D. Or at least it seems to be that way...<br /><br />Nice post GrahamLexiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766692586099099770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-19005188563184559462009-07-10T17:01:17.936-04:002009-07-10T17:01:17.936-04:00Good fit to the blog: excellent. :)Good fit to the blog: excellent. :)Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166216655020510577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-34928478149955325092009-07-10T16:57:40.849-04:002009-07-10T16:57:40.849-04:00@La Belle Femme - Of course, I remember that segme...@La Belle Femme - Of course, I remember that segment from "Bowling for Columbine!"<br /><br />Here's a clickable link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzXOO_aAxVQ" rel="nofollow">American History</a>Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-56720872507990131172009-07-10T16:46:40.429-04:002009-07-10T16:46:40.429-04:00Found it! You've probably seen it, but it'...Found it! You've probably seen it, but it's so very relevant to your blog post:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzXOO_aAxVQBellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166216655020510577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-9725225287010123382009-07-10T16:24:58.312-04:002009-07-10T16:24:58.312-04:00Please do share, @La Belle Femme!Please do share, @La Belle Femme!Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-29892054603868065672009-07-10T16:23:17.216-04:002009-07-10T16:23:17.216-04:00I saw a funny cartoon about that once...I'll h...I saw a funny cartoon about that once...I'll have to find it and share. I think you'd laugh. :D Hope I can recall where I saw it...<br /><br />No, I'm not a typical American. Phew!Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166216655020510577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-40139525335779113932009-07-10T15:53:05.549-04:002009-07-10T15:53:05.549-04:00@La Belle Femme - well, I wouldn't call you a ...@La Belle Femme - well, I wouldn't call you a *typical* American either - and that's meant to be a compliment!<br /><br />But try posting somewhere public that you want guns banned, and see where it gets you.<br /><br />Apparently *some* Americans believe that they need them in case they have to overthrow a rogue Government one day!Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298215369738638280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531149316869318805.post-62493260062391399662009-07-10T15:47:12.628-04:002009-07-10T15:47:12.628-04:00Is there an American fascination with guns? Could ...Is there an American fascination with guns? Could be, but I don't get it. I've also never gotten the cowboy thing, either. Not my cuppa.Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166216655020510577noreply@blogger.com