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The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
David Stockhoff · 04 Jul 2010, 03:04
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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff) Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:04:20 -0400 Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEQe_B5Ln1j-oLxwPh8yChMKxI3nRY2SYuFtJC at mail.gmail.com> References: <536855.45031.qm at web58204.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <152912.32332.qm at web50703.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <AANLkTimLwz5MVRRSEMYT-l3tQ88GPbCglW1_k0Y4aYuk at mail.gmail.com> <4C2FACE5.3000206 at verizon.net> <AANLkTimEQe_B5Ln1j-oLxwPh8yChMKxI3nRY2SYuFtJC at mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4C2FFA34.3030108 at verizon.net> Yes, that's not at all surprising. And indeed they are relatively unencumbered. John Watkins wrote: > That the right of the citizenry to possess weapons should be > relatively unencumbered. > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 5:34 PM, David Stockhoff > <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote: > > What view is that, exactly? > > John Watkins wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Jerry Friedman > <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com <mailto:jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> > <mailto:jerry_friedman at yahoo.com > <mailto:jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>>> wrote: > > I'm not going to get into a debate on the correct reading > of the > Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but I think it's > possible that Wolfe is participating in the decades-old > debate on > American gun-ownership laws. His apparent view isn't > unusual or > surprising, but I think it's worth our discussion. > > Jerry Friedman > > To the extent that Gene Wolfe expresses sympathy with the > view of the majority of Americans as to gun ownership, I > agree that there's very little "unusual" or "surprising" about > that. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net <mailto:urth at urth.net> > <mailto:urth at urth.net <mailto:urth at urth.net>> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > <http://www.urth.net/> <http://www.urth.net/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net <mailto:urth at urth.net> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > <http://www.urth.net/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 100703-0, 07/03/2010 > Tested on: 7/3/2010 5:03:11 PM > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com <http://www.avast.com/> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net <mailto:urth at urth.net> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net <http://www.urth.net/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 100703-0, 07/03/2010 > Tested on: 7/3/2010 5:39:10 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > >
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