Posted on 03/04/2002 5:22:10 AM PST by FreedomWarrior
You know, I have to wonder how likely it is that an arms-smuggling front company set up by bin Laden or the Iraqis would have the words "Combat Handguns" in its name. Probably it is on a par with the likelihood of a well-organized and well-financed terrorist buying a one-way airline ticket with cash.
This kind of thing is just a show for the sheeple so bureaucrats and corporate PR people can say they are doing something to fight terrorism. Dell would do a lot more for this cause by refusing to sell to any Muslim group or country, just as we could dramatically enhance airline security by giving young Muslim men the El Al treatment every time they got on the plane, and leaving the grandmas from Duluth alone. But alas, we are a nation of cowards and appeasers and moral retards.
-ccm
Almost exactly what I envisioning. You have an enviable talent for turning thoughts into pictures.
Since it now looks like its going to cost real money, my guess is the Dell people are making the same point to the Commerce Department right about now.
Terrorism could very possiby force us to implement that soviet style inspection system. It's already happening in the passenger transport business. If it happens in the freight business, the economy could very well collapse. This is why we must crush terrorism, lest our entire system of freedoms become compromised beyond recognition.
Wrong. They have stated in the letter posted above (#5) that they "are neutral on the gun issue". I wonder just how neutral they are on the rest of the Bill of Rights. Are they "neutral" on the 1st Amendment? I think not.
No, the jerks in Dell management are guilty of the same kind of "selective" rights nonsense as the rest of the socialist/liberal/demoRAT cabal - that the Constitution can mean any damn thing THEY want it to mean at any given moment, hence it means nothing at all. As an American citizen, for me, its the whole Bill of Rights all the time, or its a fight! I no longer consider these fools just to be "the loyal opposition"; they are either for freedom or they are the enemies of freedom.
Damn straight. Its no longer going to be "the gentlemen's way" or the Marquis of Queensbury Rules"; over the past 10 years I have seen nothing but the steady erosion of the RKBA, especially in California. During the same time, I have seen all of my "polite" correspondence to my "elected serpents" come to no avail. No more Mr Nice guy. These people are enemies of freedom and hence should be treated as the traitors they are. The first point of "treatment" is in their wallets.
Dell may have the misfortune to have angered gun-owners at just the wrong time. Perhaps it is not too early in the Second American Civil War to insist that Dell explicitly state their support for the Second Amendment. Eventually, that will be the price for citizenship in the new Union. You know... the one which uses the old Constitution.
Get THIS dude, I'm not buying a Dell. I will not even sell my S&Ws for fear of taking a $ away from a legitimate company. Saddle-up folks, these people are for real and we must be also.
Why would you assume that a gun onwer might do something illegal with a computer and not assume that a non-gun owner might do something illegal with a computer? (like download kiddie porn)
Does Dell really want to admit culpability for that which purchasers do with their computers?
It's a dual-processor system, which I guess in itself you could call a biathlon. Very cute.
The point is that AMD makes a version of the Athlon XP called the MP that's specially suited for multiprocessor systems (actually, the XP is based on the MP, but that's a long story).
When any company screws up, either by process or by manufacturing, it's standard practice to give a "make-good" as they say in the publishing industry. They come in the form of, for example, coupons for several free boxes of cereal because you found spun plastic in your mini-wheats (left over from the manufacturing process -- happened to me), or a discount on a product where the purchase was screwed up.
That they actually offered an entire free notebook shows they know the seriousness of their mistake and admit it.
Aside from that, the aforementioned "If you're not for us, you're against us" Jesse Jackson blackmail attitude here is starting to disappoint me.
Well I never expected to get a response, and I certainly didn't expect to get a response from the owner himself but I did. Turns out he just bought a .50 cal as well. I guess I don't have to tell you who's computers I'll be recommending from now on.
Here's the emails.
Dell,
I was checking in on my .50 cal shooters website today and read a post about a Newsmax article that mentioned you and your company.
I did not know that you and your company were so pro-second amendment, but I'm sure glad you are. Because of your support of our rights, the next time I need a computer I will be buying it from you. I will also recommend your computers to anyone I know who is in the market for one. Thanks for standing up and being one of the good guys.
If you're ever in Austin, Texas let me know and we'll take you out shooting .50 cals!
Sincerely,
Bob Sharp
Howdy fine sir,
Thanks for your support. We wont let you down. Thanks for reminding me about the .50!! I just got my new McMillan in and havent even shot it yet. Now that is sad. Let me know when you are ready for a system. Ours rock!!!
Sincerely, SUPERDELL
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