Insistence on guns is not the mark of a civilised nation
IN her excellent article ("Americans' right to bear arms is such a relic", The Herald, December 17), Rosemary Goring hits the nail firmly on the head when she writes that the sign of a civilised nation is not one which insists on the fundamental right to own a gun but, rather, that such a nation is "profoundly and alarmingly primitive".
IN her excellent article (\"Americans' right to bear arms is such a relic\", The Herald, December 17), Rosemary Goring hits the nail firmly on the head when she writes that the sign of a civilised nation is not one which insists on the fundamental right to own a gun but, rather, that such a nation is \"profoundly and alarmingly primitive\".
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Well put.
As many experts in socio-economic history and politics have observed, historically, America is an adolescent country when considered against the more mature longevity of many others and, to extend the metaphor, we all know the emotional instability and volatility of the average adolescent. Much of America's brief history on the world stage is a litany of knee-jerk miscalculation, error and a blinkered, interventionist mentality that sees the American way as, often, the only way.
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Insistence on guns is not the mark of a civilised nation
IN her excellent article ("Americans' right to bear arms is such a relic", The Herald, December 17), Rosemary Goring hits the nail firmly on the head when she writes that the sign of a civilised nation is not one which insists on the fundamental right to own a gun but, rather, that such a nation is "profoundly and alarmingly primitive".
Well put.
As many experts in socio-economic history and politics have observed, historically, America is an adolescent country when considered against the more mature longevity of many others and, to extend the metaphor, we all know the emotional instability and volatility of the average adolescent. Much of America's brief history on the world stage is a litany of knee-jerk miscalculation, error and a blinkered, interventionist mentality that sees the American way as, often, the only way.
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