I'm against this proposal because of the force that would be necessary to implement it. This change would have to be mandatory and enforceable, and I don't want any institution to try to become powerful enough to accomplish it.
@tinspoons -- I remember how Jeff Cooper once responded when told that violence begets violence:
I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure — and in some cases I have — that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.
I recently read Richard Adams's Voyage through the Antarctic and found interesting how many different species of penguins there are, often in very small populations tucked into tiny islands.
Despite the official explanation, I suspect that the Doctor is behind this change.
I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure — and in some cases I have — that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.
As PDB once noted, better a pointed stick and a furious anger than a death ray and the soul of a rabbit.
I recently read Richard Adams's Voyage through the Antarctic and found interesting how many different species of penguins there are, often in very small populations tucked into tiny islands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxInBWKGc3U
Wonderful!