Re: Welcome to the Wild West

On Apr 21, 2:35 am, Harry Brogan
<hbrogan57_AT_NOSPAM_DOT_YAHOO_DOT_COM> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:25:50 -0700 (PDT), Bob <hunr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >On Apr 20, 5:49 pm, ComandanteBanana <nolionnoprob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >wrote:
> >> One of the problems we've got is that everybody is armed and
> >> dangerous.
>
> >Hyperbole must be part of the Troll's Rules of Conduct. If "everybody
> >is armed and dangerous" every day should be one gigantic bloodbath
> >with hundreds of thousands killed or maimed yet that isn't the case.
>
> >> Until this point, the worst I got for cutting someone off was the
> >> finger, not a bullet in the chest.
>
> >The inference to be drawn from this would seem to be that you've
> >recently been shot for cutting someone off in traffic. In that case,
> >best wishes for a speedy recovery- and stop cutting people off.
>
> >Regards,
> >Bob Hunt
>
> It's only relatively recently, here in the U.S., that people have not
> been able to be "armed" while out and about.  I don't recall reading
> anywhere about the "old west" being a blood bath.
>    __o   | Every time I see an adult on a bicycle....
>  _`\(,_  | I no longer despair for the human race.
> (_)/ (_) |                         ---H.G. Wells---- Hide quoted text -

Well, it seems to have been pretty wild...

I don't think many travellers would have dared ride a horse alone. No
safer than riding a bike in traffic today.

That's why "circle the wagons" came to be a popular saying.