noteworthy wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] Gun control is not really an issue that I care about.
] ]
] ] Don't allow the fact that you don't play video games, don't
] ] like video games, and don't understand video games turn into
]
] ] an interest in controlling what others choose to do with
] their
] ] free time.
]
] NPR put its political agenda front and center on Monday's
] Morning Edition. (Last week their top story was the one
] thousandth US death in Iraq -- a milestone which is matched in
] its arbitrariness only by the Millenium New Year. Why doesn't
] the US media track the Iraqi casualties?)
]
] We're in the middle of a war, and it's the first news day
] after the 9/11 anniversary, but both your top news story and
] your first feature segment are about the expiration of a
] regulation on firearms accessories?
]
] It's funny to see liberals play the shame card. That seems
] like more of a Fundy thing to do.
]
] Is this an attempt to change the subject of the public
] conversation? Perhaps Republicans and Democrats alike are
] tired of sniping at each other over the presence or absence of
] a smoking gun from three decades ago. Why they would decide
] that the next topic ought to be gun control is beyond me.

It is definately an attempt to change the subject. It was an attempt to talk about something real and important in our country. What should the next topic be?

RE: Weapons Ban Ends Today