From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-02 04:40:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.litech.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: status of PL/I as a viable language Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1046608845 20629 129.241.83.78 (2 Mar 2003 12:40:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:40:45 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34795 Date: 2003-03-02T12:40:45+00:00 List-Id: AG wrote: > Why? > > The whole point of Heinlein's statement was > that having citizens armed means it's a little > bit harder for violent types do go violent. Is this true in USA with 11000 gun related killings per year (if I remember correctly)? > Which seems to jive-in nicely with your signature ... You apparently haven't grasped it then :-) -- Preben Randhol ---------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov