<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Alas! Something which Paul Rumelhart and I both agree . . . "You don't start them [children] out on fully automatic weapons . . . "</div><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Aug 28, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Why do you hide Borowitz reports behind obfuscated urls?<br><br></div>Just for the record, I'm all for teaching kids how to fire weapons and, more to the point, how to be responsible around them. That's typically where you learn to treat every weapon as if it's loaded and the safety is off. You don't start them out on fully automatic weapons with a large kick, though. That was irresponsible of the parents and doubly so of the instructor.<br>
<br></div>I would rather have children learn a) how to use and respect a firearm in order to reduce accidents and b) not to be afraid of them or (worse) to only be exposed to them through movies.<br><br></div>Paul<br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Nation Debates Extremely Complex Issue of Children Firing Military Weapons</h1><p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">WASHINGTON—Across the United States on Wednesday, a heated national debate began on the extremely complex issue of children firing military weapons.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“Every now and then, the nation debates an issue that is so complicated and tricky it defies easy answers,” says pollster Davis Logsdon. “Letting small children fire automatic weapons is such an issue.”</span></p>
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</div></div></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Logsdon says that the thorny controversy is reminiscent of another ongoing national debate, about whether it is a good idea to load a car with dynamite and drive it into a tree.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“Many Americans think it’s a terrible idea, but others believe that with the correct supervision, it’s perfectly fine,” he says. “Who’s to say who’s right?”</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Similar, he says, is the national debate about using a flamethrower indoors. “There has been a long and contentious national conversation about this,” he says. “It’s another tough one.”</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Much like the long-running national debates about jumping off a roof, licking electrical sockets, and gargling with thumbtacks, the vexing question of whether children should fire military weapons does not appear headed for a swift resolution.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 28px;padding:0px 50px 0px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“Like the issue of whether you should sneak up behind a bear and jab it with a hot poker, this won’t be settled any time soon,” he says.</span></p>
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