Reply #232: you should also explain, maybe

[iverglas]

that when you say you googled "gun killed brother", the quotation marks are in your text, not in the search terms. That's actually what should be assumed -- otherwise your sentence would read

I googled gun killed brother

and that would be kinda like saying

He said when are you going to his friend

and, like, that's kinda why we have punctuation in the first place, and most people sort of intuitively grasp this. But some people are just kinda literal-minded ... or like to pretend they are ... and that's why when I describe a search, I put it like: gun killed brother, or gun killed "little brother".

Here's a good one that turned up right at the top of my gun killed brother search:

http://annoyinglittletwerp.typepad.com/annoyinglittletwerp/2005/09/gun_control_nea.html

Gun Control Nearly Killed My Brother.

... As <the author's brother> was closing the car door 2 thugs approached him - one had a gun - which he pointed at my brother. After my brother explained to them - as calmly as he could - that had nothing of value for them the armed one ordered my brother to lie down on the ground and pistol whipped him on the head. They took my brother's knapsack-which had his wallet-my mother's atm card, ids, my brother's spare card-key for the car etc-and pistol whipped his head again.

... If Sam had been allowed to CC <"concealed carry"> what we would now have is Sam with his car and 2 dead - to quote Kim Dutoit - 'goblins'.

Clever and charming, this guy. Ooooops, pardonnez moi. The author is a gal (I'll bet she'd say).

First, I've never quite understood how having a concealed weapon on one's person -- or even a weapon in full view on one's person -- is going to be much help when faced with someone who is already pointing a gun at one's head. Most criminals might not pass the Miller Analogies Test, but they're usually smart enough to draw before they say "stick 'em up".

And Kim Dutoit ... I think I've heard the name before ... let's ask google ... ah yes ...

http://www.hellblazer.com/fair-use/pussification-of-the-american-male.html
"The Pussification Of The Western Male"
Some relatively amusing commentary thereon:
http://philosoraptor.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_philosoraptor_archive.html#106841038906562042
"The duToitification of the Western Conservative"

Oh, and the author also says:

my 6.2-180 brother is terrified and it turns out that one of his close frind was very likely held-up by the same "gentlemen" earlier in the year. And just in case you're wondering, my brother and his friend are white - those two 'pinnacles of society' are black.

How about we offer a dollar (say, $1.25 Canadian) for anybody who can find an rkba-head rant that doesn't contain either a racist or a misogynist subtext of some sort?