08-24-2016, 09:11 PM
(08-24-2016, 08:54 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(08-24-2016, 06:48 PM)Copperfield Wrote:(08-20-2016, 12:48 AM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:Eric The Green Wrote:Celebrating that gun as though it were "nice," shows ammosexual tendencies.
That's just ridiculous. Ascribing sex to everything makes no sense. "Nice" means lots of stuff. Wrt Copperfield's gun, it's nice because of the engineering. Didn't you notice the "finger notches" or whatever they're called. Those make the gun grip better. The gun is a revolver / 6- shooter type.
It's difficult for non-tool-users/non-makers like Eric to understand or appreciate the level of work that goes into creating tools. You can't really blame it on him really. It's his upbringing, local culture and fear of the world outside of his gates that handicaps him. In short, he never got out enough as a child. Never hayed a field, planted a garden, fed or watered a cow or pretended a stick was a sword.
Guns aren't tools; they are weapons.
You are emulating Classic Xer. Making those assumptions might not work. It's true I have never worked on a farm. My Dad is from a mid-west farming family though; five generations in the same town, but only the middle one of them from birth to death.
Of course they are tools. One needs only read the definition of the word. Many tools can be weapons (knife, axe, hammer, sword, bow, etc.).
My mom is from the mid-west. That fact is as irrelevant as a million other bits of trivia about her as far as contact with the outside world is concerned. But then, I did always take after dad more than her.
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master: I take the responsibility of my acts: The only arbiter I acknowledge is the sword: If any one denies my right, let him try conclusions with me. -- Lysander Spooner