Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 8/29/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
>
> > Huh. So there's no other way that this could be financed.
>
> Taxes. Americans, in general, do not appreciate new taxes. The funds
> raised through guns and hunting are in the trillions.
 
Well, if I were American (which thank the lord I'm not) I'd be willing to 
fork out a bit in tax for the maintenance of parks and suchlike, and if 
you told me that as a bonus, Everyone named Brian wouldn't be allowed to 
own a gun, that would be icing on the cake. 
 
> > This sounds *so* like the arguments used by foxhunters to defend their
> > fun of chasing a small brown fox using a huge pack of dogs and cavalry.
>
> Maybe there was some truth to their arguments - and you were too
> blinded by your emotional reaction to the cute little fox being killed
> to see it?
>
> Whatever, who cares. The population of fox in the UK is nowhere near
> the population of them in just Missouri. And our deer population is
> much higher than our fox population - and a much larger problem. When
> was the last time you saw a herd of wild...well, anything, in the UK?
> I often see a heard of deer on my way into work - large herds too,
> depending on the season.

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