I'm guessing you meant this one?Sugami wrote:yeah this is Penny Arcade's responce to that news thingie.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/02/09
On the topics of guns and media... (ramble ramble ramble)
The three guns and one sword I own were all given to me as gifts. No paperwork, just wrapping paper.
I have yet to behead anyone with the sword or shoot anyone with the guns, but ya never know! XD My skill with guns is so-so. I don't expect I'll ever unlock the detonator WS in real life. My skill with a sword is zero. Need to work on that. My weapon of choice for self defense is pepper spray, which I carry on my person nearly all the time. I don't think I'll ever need to use it, but I carry it to make sure I'll never need it. Murphey's law says that if I don't I'll wish I had. I don't think any amount of gun laws or sword laws will ever prevent a crime.I just roll my eyes whenever someone gives the prefix "liberal" or "right wing" to the media. Everyone filters what they see, hear, and read through their own politically tinted lenses. If I were to wear a political label it'd be "Constitutionalist" meaning my political views are closer to those of George Washington than those of George Bush. From that perspective the media is doing now what they've always done: either use sensationalism to make as much money as possible without stepping on the toes of the big wigs, or completely sell out to one big wig or another, (Left wing or right wing, it doesn't matter. It's all the same bird anyway.) and report exactly what the master says to report.
My point? BANG! A gun goes off. Thief goes to hospital, Bubba goes to jail. One newspaper reports Bubba protecting his family from a junkie, warns it's readers that junkies lurk on every street corner, and rallies for less gun control. Another newspaper reports an unregistered assault weapon used in a hate crime, warns it's readers that armed racists lurk on every street corner, and rallies for more gun control. Same event, different spin. Both papers turn a big profit. Interestingly, neither paper would be as profitable if the unfortunate event never happened.
