On abridging rights
Ever since Cho Seung-Hui murdered 32 innocent people before he ended his own existence on this globe, certain elements of society have been hot on the trail to terminate the right of the people to possess effective means of self defense. They blame the instrument for the crime that was committed with it.
Now, if [...]
My Citizenship
Living in South America has been one of the greatest blessings of my life. I thank God that my parents raised me and my siblings on the mission field in Brasil. The opportunity to live in different places and to learn from folks with different backgrounds has been important to my way of [...]
Thoughts upon the renewal of my pistol license
Here we are four days after the horrific slaughter at Virginia Tech. It so happens that I’m in the process of renewing my pistol permit. Needless to say, ideas about personal protection and means to do so have been running through my head this week. I live in a country where the [...]
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When guns are outlawed
Guns are not completely outlawed here. But they are VERY expensive to obtain legally. They are also available on the black market, but most folks can’t afford them even then. So what to do when you can’t get a gun? What if you want to continue your life of [...]
It was only a matter of time
April 16, 2007 – a day that will long haunt our nation.
On Monday, April 16, 2007, 23 year-old Cho Seung-Hui (Cho being the surname), a South Korean residing legally in the US since 1992 and enrolled as a student at Virginia Tec, walked into a residence hall and murdered two people. The [...]
Computing differently
Obviously, anyone reading this blog has at least a passing interest in computers – or you’d not be on the Internet reading this blog!  A recent spate of e-mails on an e-mail list I belong to was sparked by yet another new windoze based virus. It shows that we also care about security [...]