[geeks] What desk toy or "tchotchke" says "geek" to you?

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 @ 18:16 +1100, Chris Petrov said:

> On 27/03/2006, at 5:21 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > Mon, 27 Mar 2006 @ 14:54 +1100, Chris Petrov said:
> >
> >> Can't say that I disagree in general apart from the fact it seems to
> >> be an awful lot of people (certainly compared to other industrialized
> >> countries)
> >
> > Keep in mind, other countries often have a habit of lying about their
> > stats.
> >
> 
> so the rest of the world lies about their firearms death rate?  

That's not what I said, so you tell me.

> possible I guess, but It would appear to me they have less guns...

They have less guns for citizens, yes.

Their criminals seem to have just as many as they ever did.

> at no point did I say "ban handguns" I'm simply questioning the rationale
> behind taking it to work with you and everywhere else you go and to what
> end? particularly given the escalating rate of depression in disaffected
> youth.

What does depression and disaffect youth have to do with me being armed?

Wether you take a gun to work or not depends on the conditions where you work
and commute. There are some places that definitely warrant being armed in some
way.


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