yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) (08/13/85)
NOTE: This is not intended to be an "anti-gun" article; it
IS "pro-camera". ljh
Excerpted from The Los Angeles Times, 13 August, 1985;
Jack Smith's column
...I conceded the mystique of guns: "To a person who loves pre-
cision machinery they can indeed be beautiful; the feel of gun
metal, smoother than a maiden's skin; the lovely click of fitted
parts; the aromatic oil; the lustrous stock; the flawless loading;
and, in the final test, the shattering perfection..."
Consider a shotgun. " In my scenario, I hear someone in the
house. I get my shotgun, which I keep under my bed. I walk
into the living room. The burglar-murderer-rapist moves toward
me. I pull the trigger. There is an enormous explosion; the
big toe of my right foot disappears, and the burglar picks up
the shotgun and goes out the door. I hop to the phone on my
good foot and dial 911..."
The modern camera, such as [Brand Names], incorporates much more
sophisticated design and precision workmanship than a gun.
Perhaps there is an evil fascination about the pistol that grabs
some people. However, a camera has vastly more power in the hands
of a skillful user (or a lucky user) than the most potent weapon.
A gun may kill or at best provide a deterrent as protection; a
camera can speak eloquently on almost every subject. If one
picture is worth 10,000 words, what can be said of a camera that
can turn out 10,000 pictures.
It is one of the great tools of all time; in the form of a power-
ful microscope it is indispensable in the quest for the causes and
cure of diseases; in another form it reveals better than the eye
(another camera) almost all of what we know of space.
A gun can kill or threaten to kill. A camera can bring us the face
and figure of a loved one and preserve their beauty for us.
--
Larry J. Huntley Burroughs Corporation
Advanced Systems Group MS-703
10850 Via Frontera San Diego, CA 92128
(619) 485-4544
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are."ayers@convexs.UUCP (08/24/85)
> The modern camera, such as [Brand Names], incorporates much more > sophisticated design and precision workmanship than a gun. Yeah, but did cha ever try to hold up a bank with one? (Film at eleven) blues, II