Tuesday, May 25, 2010

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

From Boing-Boing.

The Appalachian clan is notorious for criminal activity and reckless, larger-than-life characters. They tap-dance, shoot and stab people (including each other), and sell (and do) a lot of drugs. Think "Sopranos" meets "Coal Miner's Daughter."

When we talk about gun owners, as Guy Ohki pointed out, instead of "law-abiding" we should say "innocent." Yet, I don't suppose anyone would call these folks either law-abiding or innocent. But they're not inner city gangbangers either.

When folks talk about 80 million gun owners, you know in that way they have of trying to say there are that many who are innocent and stick together on gun rights issues, these rural characters must be included.

That's some fine company the pro-gun people are keeping.

What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.

12 comments:

  1. One of the myths perpetuated by the NRA and parrotted by its low information adherents is that crime is solely an urban problem (read: black).

    Remember the NRA publication Freedom in Peril? I t depicted the threat of blacks and hispanics as the reason why everyone (white folks)need .50 caliber weapons.

    --JadeGold

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  2. That's some fine company the pro-gun people are keeping.

    Far better than the vile, despicable folks you hang around with MikeB. - Jade included of course.

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  3. I like the latest comment following the article:

    "I've been really looking forward to this. It's a shame I can't watch it (legally) in the UK, though :( "

    What does that mean? Surely they wouldn't have censorship in Laci Paradise?

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  4. "Remember the NRA publication Freedom in Peril? I t depicted the threat of blacks and hispanics as the reason why everyone (white folks)need .50 caliber weapons."

    Hey Jade, do you have a link to this or a copy to share so we can all...never mind, I almost forgot that you are full of shit.

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  5. FWM: As always, I respond to your requests for information with great alacrity.

    You can, of course, 'google' "Freedom in Peril" or you can visit this site:

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2759754&page=1

    --JadeGold

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  6. "What does that mean? Surely they wouldn't have censorship in Laci Paradise?"

    Not this time. It's available on the US Amazon and on most American cable view-on-demand sites.

    Unfortunately, the VOD sites don't let anyone from America view videos (or at least the ones I've tried).

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  7. Jade,

    I've seen that. Where does it mention whites, blacks, hispanics or 50 caliber rifles?

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  8. FWM, try watching BBC Iplayer material in the US.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00shjc8/History_Cold_Case_Stirling_Man/

    It's not censorship as much as regional control of media.

    I totally disagree with that sort of thing which you migh understand if you read.

    Er, read my blog.
    --Laci.

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  9. A better example of regional control of media: Desperate Housewives.

    Here is the Channel 4 UK page for the series:
    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/desperate-housewives

    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/desperate-housewives/video/series-6/episode-17/new-york-new-york

    It should say something along the lines of you are outside the viewing region for this if you are in the US.

    Does this mean one cannot watch Desperate Housewives in the US? No, you just can't watch it on British media outlet unless you have a "work around".

    Likewise, UK authorities are not censoring Desperate Housewives since one can watch it on UK media outlets, yet receive a similar message if attempting to watch it on US media without the "work around".

    Personally, I find it idiotic, but most people might prefer to watch on UK outlets since there are fewer commercials (especially on the BBC)!

    The TV licence folks get upset about that:
    http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/

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  10. Laci,

    Thanks for the explanation. The use of "legally" in the comment was what caught my attention. And I thought U.S. TV network laws were nonsense.

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  11. Laci writes:Er, read my blog.

    I prefer to read blogs that allow discourse without threatening to delete posts just because you are of a certain opinion.

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  12. I'm serious about doing a reverse mobile phone number search by going on the internet. I'm getting these calls by someone that I really don't know and am concerned who they think they are dialing. All types of strange texts and messages are being left on my voice mail and it's really starting to drive me nuts. And so, exactly where can i locate these reverse mobile phone lookup services?

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