The I Shing's Journal: Picked up my first Slashdot 'foe'

Finally picked up my first Slashdot 'foe' today.

I never thought anyone would take such umbrage at a post of mine that he or she would set their relationship with me to 'foe,' but it's happened.

Apparently this person is annoyed that I quoted a bumper sticker that was printed and sold in response to another bumper sticker, and that they both had to do with guns.

What is it about guns that gets people so riled? They yell at me, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," and I reply, "Yeah, people with guns kill people, and usually kill people who don't have guns themselves, or at least don't have one handy." And I guess that makes me a liberal namby-pamby who doesn't realize the glory of having the ability to end the life of another person at one's fingertips.

No, I don't think guns should be illegal, necessarily, but I don't think we all need to have closets full of them, either. One hunting rifle, two shotguns, two handguns (one revolver, one semi-automatic) and a nice locked case to keep them in is all one really needs. I have exactly none of any of that. I can't be trusted with a can of dust-off, let alone a firearm of any kind.