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Campus Newspaper Raffles AK-47
news channel 7 ^ | February 22, 2006 | Alison Storm

Posted on 02/28/2006 8:15:57 PM PST by Flavius

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To: CT-Freeper
Russell's most famous student was Wittgenstein who effectively ended Russell's career as a logician by repudiating Russell's distinction between positive and negative facts.

Also when Russell abandoned logic and became a public atheist Wittgenstein became deeply religious as a result of his experiences in WWI. During the war when he was serving aboard a gun boat on the Dneiper River he carried a copy of the Gospels in German written by Goethe. His crew mates called him 'The Pastor'
141 posted on 03/01/2006 4:40:41 PM PST by beaver fever
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To: LeoWindhorse
Well principles or not, it's a stunningly well designed tool. I maintain that the tool itself is morally neutral, and this one could be wielded by someone virtuous or evil equally.

The thing it has going for it is that it's simple, and can function perfectly in the worst possible conditions. "Designed so that even a fistful of sand dumped into the chamber won't keep it from firing." spoke the designer in a recent interview for Field and Stream.

You may not want to enrich a Romanian for other reasons, but if you would buy a hammer from him there is no reason you shouldn't buy this as well.

142 posted on 03/03/2006 9:37:09 AM PST by tcostell
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To: tcostell
If you like AK's , buy a Galil .Way better anyway.
143 posted on 03/03/2006 11:22:35 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: beaver fever
"If Jim has a problem with me I'll deal with that but you are not going to push me off this site so get a new hobby."

I reckon somebody had a "problem" with you. You've been banned or suspended.

144 posted on 03/03/2006 1:42:04 PM PST by Godebert
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To: Flavius
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/14016213.htm

Winners decline AK-47 raffle prize

The Associated Press

CLEMSON - Two winners in a drawing for an AK-47 assault rifle declined the prize given away by a Clemson University conservative newspaper. A third person in line for the weapon says he is unsure what he will do with his controversial prize.

145 posted on 03/07/2006 4:37:14 AM PST by Simo Hayha (And education is incomplete without instruction in the use of arms to defend against harm.)
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