Reply #129: wal howdy Ms. Pistols and Mr. Defence!

[iverglas]

"Et al." is an abbreviation of the Latin "et aliae"/"et alii", and is properly used in English pretty much exclusively to refer to people, not to those damned inanimate objects some folks get so riled up about.

You were looking for plain old "etc.", I believe.


Self-defense is an obligation for anyone that is charged with the care of others.

Now, here's the bit I'm not getting (apart from why someone uses "et al." to refer to inanimate objects, and then uses "that" to refer to a person ...):

I've personally used a firearm to stop the carjacking and abduction of my wife and infant daughter.

Was your wife not "charged with the care of" your infant daughter?

Assuming that she was, what the heck was she doing, being a great big old victim/burden, instead of whipping out that pistol herself and doing the job?

Or is it just that you're the one charged with the care of your womenfolk?


However, they are beat down and forced to a small corner of the forum. I guess you can call it riding in the back of the bus for not being “blue” enough.

Awwww.

I guess you could. If you were a drama queen. Or one of those backlashy hard-done-by whining white males I hear about.

I'm sure you aren't, though.