oaf@mit-vax.UUCP ([Oded Anoaf Feingold]) (05/21/85)
Re women carrying firearms: > Would you like to go thru what Mr. Bernard Goetz is going thru ? Think > about it before considering the above suggestion seriously. (Sanjay Tikku) I think Mr. Goetz should not be used as an example of anything except what _not_ to do. But, accepting worst-case scenarios of facing his legal troubles, consider the alternatives: Mr. Goetz stood to lose his wallet - a woman facing a rapist doesn't know whether she'll be left alive afterward. Of the women I know, willingness to own/carry arms goes up with age. That says something about the effect of longer experience with our society. [Maybe my sample space is skewed. The younger ones are mainly students.] Hence I think Mr. Tikku's suggestion is worth considering, but not a showstopper. -- Oded Feingold {decvax, harvard}!mitvax!oaf MIT AI Lab oaf%oz@mit-mc.ARPA 545 Tech Sq. 617-253-8598 work Cambridge, Mass. 02139 617-371-1796 home