Re: Menezes Murder: Chased man 'not warned by officers'


"Cynic" <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:07:36 +0100, Phil Stovell <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >Thanks to Cynic and Mike.
> >
> >I'll now be able to join in the gun threads :-).
>
> If you like that sort of thing :-)
>
> Whilst I used to get a small amount of enjoyment from shooting at
> targets, it's about the same to me as playing a video game - OK for a
> half-hour once in a blue Moon, but then it gets boring.

I think like most things the enjoyment is for doing something well.
>
> Apart from that, guns & rifles to me are just a tool that are useful
> or necessary in order to do certain jobs. As such, they hold as much
> interest for me as a screwdriver or pair of pliars. I have had to use
> them a fair bit and so I have some familiarity and practical knowlege
> about them (as indeed I do with screwdrivers and pliars), but I cannot
> understand the fascination they seem to cause in some people.

Different people have different interests, forsome it is cars, for some
women, for some religion. Some even manage to combine more than one
interest. In the Navy I was a small arms instructor, but have not held a gun
since and have no real desire to, although it would be interesting to see if
my aim is still as good. Equally a car is just a tool to get me from A to B
but for many it is the main thing in their life. Fortunately we are all
different.
>
> Perhaps it really *is* something sexual!
>
I am sure for some it is.

Peter


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