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-Short Attention Span Theater-
A compelling story from NATO General Peter van Uhm
2013-01-15
TED Talk: Why I Chose A Gun by the Netherlands' chief of defence
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  If the day ever comes when I should have to fire a gun
Well, it won't be done for money and it won't be done for fun.
Though I pray each day that such a thing should never come to pass
If you tamper with me liberties then, buddy, it's your ass.

For a gun is just an instrument like any other tool
And to be afraid to use it is to be a bloody fool.
So before you come to visit me remember where I'm from
For I'll help you get to Heaven if that day should come.


Day Ever Comes - Tom Lenahan
Posted by: lotp   2013-01-15 13:41  

#5  I'm saving that, Leftys WON'T See this,(Close their Minds and Look away) "But it's true", and powerful.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-01-15 12:28  

#4  "A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that."

-frome the movie "Shane" 1953
Posted by: Broadhead6   2013-01-15 09:18  

#3  I put it down to the congnitive from hearing someone from a despised culture stand before them and make sense. Posted by SteveS

It was an Amsterdam audience Steve. Nijmegen and the rest of Holland would have responded enthusiastically.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-01-15 01:40  

#2  Long but worth it....sadly it will be lost on the liberals. BTW I want the piece on display...7.62 I assume...nice
Posted by: Warthog   2013-01-15 01:01  

#1  "the gun as an instrument of peace and stability"

Nice find! Not your usual TED talk, which tend to fall into the strange attractor of eco-hipster douchery and unicorn-flavored twaddle; not to say there are no pearls amongst the swine.

The audience reaction shots were interesting. More scowls than the usual gleeful delight most TED talks invoke. I put it down to the congnitive from hearing someone from a despised culture stand before them and make sense.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-01-15 00:58  

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