X-Ftn-To: Bruce Mills 

aj233@freenet.hamilton.on.ca (Bruce Mills) wrote:
>So do baseball bats; so do knives; so do cars; so do buckets; so do
>swimming pools.  They should all be banned, too.

Actually, life itself should be banned because it is the deadliest
thing of all - nobody survives it. But in the meantime, I'd contend
with removing the guns.

>: Right now, I live on an island where the crime rate is exactly zero,
>: because it would be morally unthinkable to commit it. Why? Because
>: everybody knows each other, and even stealing matches from a store
>: would completely ruin one's reputation, so nobody ever does anything
>: morally questionable. And nobody owns any weapons.
>
>Which wonderful Island Paradise is this?  Fantasy Island?

I know it's difficult for you to believe, but there are still places
where normal people live. The island is Hvar, Croatia. 

And yes, people die here, too. Car accidents, cancer, natural
causes... but so far, I haven't heard of any violent acts, or thefts,
other than those committed by the tourists. The biggest scandal I've
heard of was when a wine maker didn't pay the grapes he bought from a
farmer for two years, although he had the money. Wow.

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