Are you kidding me?
Hey, guys, if you want a good laugh, read The Seven Myths of Gun Control by Richard Poe. This guy is the worst advocate for the Second Amendment ever, haha. He is a moron. An excerpt:
"Demolition Man (Yes, the guy uses the Stallone movie Demolition Man as a means to explain his "philosocrap")
The 1993 film Demolition Man portrays Sylvester Stallone as a tough cop in a nightmarish future society wracked by out-of-control urban violence. Stallone proves to be a little too tough for his superiors. As punishment for his excessive use of force, he is placed in suspended animation.
Decades later, the Stallone character wakes up in a new world. Violence and aggression have vanished. Crime is unknown. Guns exist only in museums. Everyone speaks in the soft, touchy-feely tones of a Mr. Rogers or a therapy group leader. If anyone inadvertently uses a four letter word, an alarm sounds and he is fined. It is a pacifist's paradise. The only problem is that freedom has vanished alone with aggression. A sinister cult leader rules the world, and no one would are be so impolite or aggressive as to disobey him.
To make a long story short, Stallone saves the day through the application of a little old fashioned rudeness, barbarism, and yes, firepower. In the process, he arouses the ardor of a lady cop, played by Sandra Bullock, who has never before met a real man.
A Glimpse in the Mirror
Demolition Man is one of the cleverest, funniest, wisest, and most entertaining science fiction films I have ever seen. It is certainly among Stallone's best. Yet it was skewered by many critics. I suspect they disliked the film's message. In the sheep-like subservience of the futuristic people it portrayed, I suspect those critics saw a little too much of themselves."
Are you kidding me? This actually got published?
First of all, Demolition Man was a terrible movie. Critics panned it because it sucked. End of story. And, if that is the cleverest, funniest, wisest, and most entertaining science fiction film you have ever seen, Richard Poe, then you need to get out more. Trust me, Stallone is not a great actor and there are plenty of better movies. Oh, and, apparently your definition of a "real man" is a gun toting moron jacked up on testosterone, a gun in one hand and a beer in the other.
The book is full of examples like the one above. Not only that, but he uses examples of random acts of violence to justify the use of a gun, essentially saying that a gun could prevent the act from happening in the first place. First of all, a gun would more than likely intensify the danger in one of those random acts of violence. Second of all, a gun should not be the end all answer to any problem. This guy just wants an excuse to wave his gun around and shoot whatever he wants. I think he's also a racist and a sexist.
The example he gives right after the brilliant Demolition Man one was a case where a man, a black man, supposedly stole some white man's things at a Kinko's like place. The white dude came up to the counter and told the employees that his things were being stolen. None of the male employees reacted, so the only person who did anything was the only female employee. Our hero Dick Poe was ashamed at the reactions of the males. Why, when he was their age, he got in a brawl at his place of employment. Of course, some patrons started it and Dick Poe decided to join in. His boss thanked him for joining and it was Dick Poe's proudest moment, getting into a bar-room brawl. He felt like he deserved a medal for his brave valor. He considered the employees who were smart enough to stay out of the brawl cowards. Looks like Dick Poe is a little too eager to start some trouble.
"Demolition Man (Yes, the guy uses the Stallone movie Demolition Man as a means to explain his "philosocrap")
The 1993 film Demolition Man portrays Sylvester Stallone as a tough cop in a nightmarish future society wracked by out-of-control urban violence. Stallone proves to be a little too tough for his superiors. As punishment for his excessive use of force, he is placed in suspended animation.
Decades later, the Stallone character wakes up in a new world. Violence and aggression have vanished. Crime is unknown. Guns exist only in museums. Everyone speaks in the soft, touchy-feely tones of a Mr. Rogers or a therapy group leader. If anyone inadvertently uses a four letter word, an alarm sounds and he is fined. It is a pacifist's paradise. The only problem is that freedom has vanished alone with aggression. A sinister cult leader rules the world, and no one would are be so impolite or aggressive as to disobey him.
To make a long story short, Stallone saves the day through the application of a little old fashioned rudeness, barbarism, and yes, firepower. In the process, he arouses the ardor of a lady cop, played by Sandra Bullock, who has never before met a real man.
A Glimpse in the Mirror
Demolition Man is one of the cleverest, funniest, wisest, and most entertaining science fiction films I have ever seen. It is certainly among Stallone's best. Yet it was skewered by many critics. I suspect they disliked the film's message. In the sheep-like subservience of the futuristic people it portrayed, I suspect those critics saw a little too much of themselves."
Are you kidding me? This actually got published?
First of all, Demolition Man was a terrible movie. Critics panned it because it sucked. End of story. And, if that is the cleverest, funniest, wisest, and most entertaining science fiction film you have ever seen, Richard Poe, then you need to get out more. Trust me, Stallone is not a great actor and there are plenty of better movies. Oh, and, apparently your definition of a "real man" is a gun toting moron jacked up on testosterone, a gun in one hand and a beer in the other.
The book is full of examples like the one above. Not only that, but he uses examples of random acts of violence to justify the use of a gun, essentially saying that a gun could prevent the act from happening in the first place. First of all, a gun would more than likely intensify the danger in one of those random acts of violence. Second of all, a gun should not be the end all answer to any problem. This guy just wants an excuse to wave his gun around and shoot whatever he wants. I think he's also a racist and a sexist.
The example he gives right after the brilliant Demolition Man one was a case where a man, a black man, supposedly stole some white man's things at a Kinko's like place. The white dude came up to the counter and told the employees that his things were being stolen. None of the male employees reacted, so the only person who did anything was the only female employee. Our hero Dick Poe was ashamed at the reactions of the males. Why, when he was their age, he got in a brawl at his place of employment. Of course, some patrons started it and Dick Poe decided to join in. His boss thanked him for joining and it was Dick Poe's proudest moment, getting into a bar-room brawl. He felt like he deserved a medal for his brave valor. He considered the employees who were smart enough to stay out of the brawl cowards. Looks like Dick Poe is a little too eager to start some trouble.