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9 Responses to “Bman from Australia”

1. #  t.javid 4/30/2007 3:12 PM

   Mr.Bman,
   Keep your thoughts on good ol' America coming they are interesting ones i think, Its interesting to hear how other countries perceive us...and as being an American of Hispanic decent, this nation has always picked on one race or another, Hispanics, now Mexican, japan, china at one time...Cubans we were to give it enough thought we can go on and on Iran in 1979....  

2. #  finished2912 5/04/2007 2:36 PM

   OK, I wish poeple who give their opinion on guns in the US would learn a little history. The people who created this country lived during a time when it was controlled by a government (Britian) that was 1) willing to exploit North America for Britian's benefit and 2) a Monarchy (then we called it tyranny today we would probably use the word dictatorship. The "founding fathers" wanted this country to be " by the people and for the people"!!!
   
   To insure that this country would stay that way they decided "the people" needed the "right to bear arms." That did not mean handguns. The intent was that "the people" should have the ability to form a militia that could resist both 1) a tyrannical government that controlled the Federal army and 2) any invading force that might be superior to the Federal army of the United States. Do you know what that means? The work ARMS means equivalent arms of any standing ARMY either inside or outside of our borders. That is why the Supreme Court allows hand guns and riffles. On constitutional grounds we have they right to bear much more significant arms than that!  

3. #  finished2912 5/04/2007 3:15 PM

   Also, I do not have a gun. But I am happy that my neighbors do because, unlike Iraq, if we were invaded by a superior foreign army my neighbors would use their guns to try to protect me rather than use the invasion as an excuse to kill me. I do not think that the tool of choice for the majority of serial killers in the US is a gun. But in other countries guns are used to go around killing neighbors all of the time. Cambodia, Germany, Rwanda, Somalia, Iraq have produced many serial killers that prefer the gun. Yes when you walk around shooting your neighbors that makes you a serial killer. You cannot hide from that label by giving yourself a fancy title like Nazi, Camer Rouge, al-Qaida or Hamas.  

4. #  Anonymous 5/10/2007 1:22 AM

   Bman,
   
   Iraq sure didn't turn out like we were expecting! We were very naive to think that the Iraqi people think like us or have the same values. It's truly a completely different world over there. Just for starters, they've been brainwashed to hate and distrust anything to do with America since they were born. As a very average American citizen, my support to the overthrow of the Saddam regime had nothing to do with WMD. I supported Saddam's defeat because he was a brutal dictator, he oppressed the Iraqi people, killed thousands of his own people with chemical weapons and mass killings. I believe we should go to the aid of the oppressed and abused. Second, I supported Saddam's removal because he was instigating suicide bombers by paying their families $25,000. Third, I took issue with the fact that he attempted to assassinate our president. I honestly didn't even weigh the WMD issue into my decision to support Saddam's demise. The 3 reasons I already mentioned were substantiated facts and the WMD issue was not an absolute for sure thing.
   
   In regard to the right to bear arms, I personally don't own a gun and I know very few people who do. But, I believe in the right to own a gun, as a law abiding citizen. The problem is there are 300 million people in this country, and they are not all law abiding citizens. If the law is changed to prevent people from having the right to own a gun, the law abiding citizens will comply and relinquish their guns. Other than law enforcement, that leaves the guns in the hands of those citizens who may have criminal intent, who won't willingly give up their guns. How is law enforcement going to find all the illegal guns in a country of this size and population? Simply, they can't - it's impossible. If I were faced with a crazy nut job with a gun, I would rather my friends and neighbors have guns than not. If anyone would have had a gun inside the building during the recent killing spree at Virginia Tech, they would have shot the murderer and saved many lives.
   
   If it were possible to enforce no person (except law enforcement) having guns, I would support it. But, that is impossible. There is a black market in guns, and criminals will always be able to obtain guns. I would rather have the option to level the "playing field" in a legal manner, than to be defenseless. To take it to the extreme, if all 300 million people were armed, the good guys WOULD win.
   
   I find it interesting that what you appreciate about America (music, film industry, clothing, television shows) are the least important or impressive aspects of America. Although average Americans are influenced by these things, they are all superficial things. If you asked me or the people I know what we love about America, the items you mentioned wouldn't even make the list.  

5. #  Tantor 5/13/2007 11:52 PM

   Bman: "Government, the bush administration and higher military levels and their poor judgment in the Iraq liberation campaign."
   
   Bman, you might want to take a look at the Kurdish north of Iraq. They are at peace, are building their economy, instituting regular commercial flights, and have less than a hundred American troops in their part of Iraq.
   
   If anyone has poor judgement, it is the Shiite and Sunni Arabs of the south who are throwing away the chance to build a future for their children so that they can indulge their ancient hatreds.
   
   Bman: "I'm a strong believer in the concept that the Iraq war was a scapegoat for Bush. Saddam was a bad man, and his capture was a good day in Iraqi history, but it just torn the country apart."
   
   Bman, have you considered that Saddam's mass murder of a million Iraqis in wars and purges might just have done damage to Iraq, perhaps even shattered it? What you are saying is as silly as saying Hitler was a bad man but the Allies tore Germany apart deposing him.
   
   Bman: "The US troops along with other in the coalition killed many innocent Iraqi civilians in the bombings, and to this day many are still dying from car bombs etc."
   
   Bman, you do understand that it is the jihadi insurgents who are killing Iraqi civilians with those bombs, right? If you are truly concerned with innocent civilians being harmed, shouldn't your criticism be directed at the insurgents who target those civilians and intend them evil?
   
   Bman: "To me, the Iraq war is pointless, and has more bad points than benefits."
   
   You're not a Kurd.
   
   Bman: "Apart from that, I think the American gun culture is disgraceful. America has has the most murders in any 1st world country, and will always be that way thanks to their stupid constitutional right to bear arms."
   
   Bman, you're a typical clueless foreigner. The gun homicides in America are not a result of the gun culture here, which is good, but rather from the criminal culture here, which is bad. Most gun homicide victims are criminals with an arrest record, usually in the illegal drug trade. Almost all the guns they use are illegally acquired.
   
   Bman: "How many more school massacres have to happen before something is done? Take a guess, its as good as mine."
   
   Bman, despite the anti-American crap you've swallowed, more people are struck dead by lightning in America than there are children shot dead in schools. Such killings make the news because they are unusual. Then anti-Americans use them to bash America which is then parroted by clueless mopes like you.
   
   It's something like taking any story of an Aussie killed by a kangaroo and using it to scare the world about Australians being slaughtered by killer roos.
   
   Bman: "Another small thing is just general racism. From my perspective America has just recently got over the black (African American) racism that plagued the land for the last 100 years. Blacks are okay to be called blacks, and are accepted as the norm in society along with whites. But now there is a new accepted hatred of the middle eastern orientations. I can't pick that out too much though, its exactly the same here in Australia. I just think our countries need to be a bit more open minded."
   
   Bman, I don't know if you've heard about it, but the Muslims attacked America on Sep 11 and killed 3000 people. Muslims around the world celebrated the deaths of those Americans. Muslims at mosques within sight of the burning towers publicly celebrated in Manhattan and New Jersey. Muslims have designated America their Satan and incorporated that into their most sacred rituals in Mecca.
   
   Here in America, 80% of the mosques have been radicalized by Wahhabis funded by the Saudis into an anti-American hatred. All US mosques sport Wahhabi hate literature. The Saudi embassy in DC passes out brochures to Arab tourists reminding them it is their religious duty to hate America and reject its democracy. Islamic schools here feature textbooks that teach their kids that it's OK to hurt non-Muslims and steal their stuff. Two of the staff at a local Islamic school near me have been arrested as terrorists and a recent valedictorian was arrested for a plot to kill the President.
   
   There have been several recent incidents where a Muslim has gone on a killing spree apparently as personal jihad activity. Terrorists plots by Muslims are constantly uncovered in America, such as the six Muslims recently caught planning to attack Fort Dix, New Jersey.
   
   Oddly enough, Bman, these events make Muslims look bad to many Americans. The problem is not that Americans are not open-minded about other religions, but that Muslims are close-minded. It's the venomous and murderous Muslim bigotry to which we object, especially when such bigotry is directed at us.  

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7. #  David Schantz 6/26/2007 3:45 AM

   Bman,
   
   This is the first of what I hope will be many interesting stops I make at Blog to America. It looks like a great place to exchange views/opinions with people from all over the world. We might not always agree but we can all be friends.
   
   You mentioned American music. I'd like to suggest you check out a site posted by a "Protest" Rock Band (Poker Face) that I listen to often, www.pokerface.com .
   
   You said, "Apart from that, I think the American gun culture is disgraceful. America has has the most murders in any 1st world country, and will always be that way thanks to their stupid constitutional right to bear arms. How many more school massacres have to happen before something is done? Take a guess, its as good as mine." I happen to be a firm supporter of the Second Amendment to our Constitution (And the rest of the document as well). I believe it was God, Guts and Guns that made America free. I don't remember if you said you had visited the United States or not. If you have you might have noticed a sign in front of all of our schools, "Gun Free Zone". That sign creates a safe working invironment for the bad guy/mass murderer. It tells them that the law abiding good guys are all unarmed. In my opinion those signs cause as many deaths as the gun. Our mainstream media is always there when a madman guns down innocent citizens but they are hard to find when a legally armed citizen stops a murder or rape and that does happen my friend.
   
   God Bless America, God Save The Republic.  

8. #  MisterMestopheles 10/02/2007 7:14 AM

   tantor, you have got made some good points...
   I'm from Germany and to me it's appearing as if Germany would drift more and more away from the US, I find that completely idiotic.
   Here are people who'd trust the iranian "president" more than the american one, and they aren't a few. :-S Criticism of muslim society is called Islamophobia, and they are calling it Racism, the EU wants to put it as a hate crime, is that believable.
   To me it appears, as if Europe would give it's freedom away for more innerpolitical safety with its big muslim communities or its economical relations to the Middle East.
   Well, I already thought about emigrating eventually to the US after my studying, I hope freedom there is a higher worth than here, hopefully it won't change there too...  

9. #  Anonymous 9/08/2008 9:30 PM

   On the issue of "Gun Control"
   
   "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the underdog is a sine qua non ["something essential"lit."without which not"] for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or police."
   Adolph Hitler, Edict of March,18 1938.
   
   "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot force unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed and constitute a force superior to any band s of regular troops that can be, on any pretense raised in the United States"
   Noah Webster,1888
   
   This is the true reason for the U.S. Second Amendment, To prevent arbitrary or totalitarian government thus ensuring against Despotism and the loss of liberty here in the U.S.
   
   If you look at world events today you will see that in almost every area where there is a conflict the is an armed faction persecuting the unarmed people in that area. Why are they being persecuted? Because they are unarmed.
   
   As stated by Thomas Paine
   "The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve orderin the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. Horrible mischief would ensue were one half of the world deprived the use of them, the weak will become prey to the strong.
   
   As for "Gun Crimes" here in the States, If more victims had exercised their Second Amendment Rights, or perhaps if we had stricter punishments for crimes, we would have fewer criminals.
   
   P.S. Before and since guns, we just like you used sticks, stones, knives or just whatever was close by hand. Thank you for your time.  

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