tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957892640057886950.post4052365459522738156..comments2023-09-07T00:52:47.599-07:00Comments on FreeThinker: On Gay-bashingGay_Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829842245704692674noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957892640057886950.post-8125847761994548382008-02-06T19:45:00.000-08:002008-02-06T19:45:00.000-08:00Color me naive, but I've never understood the .......Color me naive, but I've never understood the ................... thrill? ....................... of beating someone up because they're "different" from me {I think it comes from having been abused as a child, because I "rejected parental values"} - it has just never occurred to me to become violent because someone's skin/gender/sexual orientation is different from mine - it just doesn't compute .................... <BR/>Re: having a firearm "fit" you - yes, there ARE gradations in what's what for the individual ..................... in the summer of 2001, we went from Monterrey to Dallas for a get-together, and one of the friends there {sadly, he committed suicide last fall - THANK YOU, DALLAS VA HOSPITAL!} was showing the spousal unit & me his carry piece - I WANT to say it was a Glock .45, but I'm not sure {my spouse, of course, remembers what it is ;-) } - now, AWACS wasn't a small man by ANY stretch - his hands were HUGE - but his carry piece was perfectly comfortable for me to handle .................... and I DO have comparatively small hands.<BR/>Maybe the community could look into what are referred to as 'snake guns' here - a large caliber revolver with snake shot cartridges - or rock salt filled shells - I know, if one is willing to shoot, one should be willing to kill, but we all know how some folks would agonize over killing anyone - I cleared THAT hurdle right after I gave birth .....................<BR/>Semper Fi'<BR/>DMDiamond Mairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673366797250424810noreply@blogger.com