Historic Firearms and Mankind – Academic and Cultural Politics in Germany

[Marcus den toom]

A classical case of denial on the politicians part, for the nature of humans is always to exceed what they deem weaker than themselfs. It is what has driven mankind for thousands of years, to progress to a better future.

To deny this part of our history is to deny the lessons we have learned as well and that is a thought that even my young mind worries about.

And to state that such old weapons would encourage people to go insane is beyond sanity itself. I never saw anyone carying a hand cannon into a school!! The truth is that most of these horors occure because of neglected information and extensive and costly bureaucracy. Here in the netherlands for instance, we had a young boy shoot people at a mall. He was known to be having psychological problems, but the police gave him a weapon permit anyway!!!!
And this is not a unique instance, it happens all the time. Such troubled people have always existed, but only in our day and age they are somehow granted accces to MODERN firearms.

[fernando]

Amen

[fernando]

Are you already emailable, Michl ?

[Andrew]

I must close this thread as it violates Forum rules regarding political commentary.

Andrew
Vikingsword Staff

[Lee]

We will give this a try over here in this related but 'off topic' forum. 'Political' free speech about government practices and policies should be fair game as are those who deign to 'lead' us. Just do not get personal towards other members who hold a different view.

My personal view is that arms of all sorts are part - an important part - of our history and the history of the development of technology and warfare and to ignore this is to deliberately choose the path of ignorance. When you look at antique arms you often are looking at the 'leading edge' of a culture's materials technology. The underlying reason may be disturbing but it is as valid of us today as it was for our ancestors since the very beginnings of the working of materials to create tools.

[fernando]

Pondering on this subject, it may be that a timely allusion to such problematic fits well (or doesn't fit bad) in a paragraph within context, but its launching as a topic subject to discussion in the open forum will hardly have an innocuous end.
For even considering that, we are all arms collectors, we may find among us an ample range of preferences, some of them not necessarily combining so well.
It is not easy to please Greeks and Trojans at same time (a local saying).
So even considering the goodwill of the forum registar to reopen this thread, my personal desire is that it drops dead.
... This not meaning that we should ignore things; just separating the wheat from the chaff.