I am not user if I understood the following:
In fact I AM SURE that I did not understand what follows:
Huh ?  Care to tell me where that leaves you fence-wise ?

> It's interesting to see which way this thread has gone.
> Some such fall on one side of the personal freedoms fence,
> some on the other. Some manage some balance. This one seems
> to be almost all in one paddock only.
>
> I'm vaguely, but only vaguely, surprised that few if any
> seem to be bothered by the oafs (and others) who take their
> expressions of personal liberty far beyond the bounds of the
> classic "my personal right to wave my fists around ends
> where the tip of your nose begins" comment. The "my daughter
> is due to have a baby" type defence  sounds fine enough, but
> you can bet the 3 zillion, 445 thousand, 2 hundred and 12
> people whose cellphone rang while you were in the 'insert
> favourite once silent location here' and who then proceeded
> to yell into it for the next 47 hours, more or much
> (probably) less had no concerns with imminent maternity or
> anything approaching the importance. The "my life depends in
> it" defence is also fine enough, but will lock us all within
> cell sites forever, or lead to government action to enforce
> the 18th amendment right of all people to be within
> cellphone coverage at all times within US territory. etc.
> [Once all cellphones have mandatory GPS etc tracking
> capability the government could become extremely interested
> in supporting your rights in this area.] Goes along with the
> life preserving qualities of bear-arms perhaps. We not
> having such ursine accoutrements here-down-under, and an
> often rugged and radio opaque landscape, are much the more
> at risk of early termination, I suppose. The availability of
> the two may help restore the balance of market forces in the
> US - L Ron Hubbard's once recommended "45 Clear" is probably
> an excellent silencer, with or without silencer, for any
> cellphone, concealed carry or no. I understand that Texans
> may prefer to use chainsaws.
>
>
>
>             R
>


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