tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post8376194582629165356..comments2024-03-19T00:08:43.443-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: It's Not Journalism, It's Info-TainmentTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-19019819811739493612013-09-20T09:49:54.877-05:002013-09-20T09:49:54.877-05:00Meant ten minutes per hour...five at the top and f...Meant ten minutes per hour...five at the top and five at the bottom.Dan from Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542769119893347529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-42273210235914311142013-09-20T09:49:12.936-05:002013-09-20T09:49:12.936-05:00No argument there, Tim.
I have restricted most ...No argument there, Tim. <br /><br />I have restricted most of my news consumption to the five minutes per hour that I get from Bloomberg at the top and bottom of every hour in my car, in between all of the financial stuff. It gets me enough to go by and has been refreshing to have most of the "news" just go by me like it never happened. <br /><br />I turned on the "news" during the Boston Marathon goings on and it was apparent that not much has/will change in this regard.Dan from Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542769119893347529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-11037477884176575432013-09-19T14:06:15.140-05:002013-09-19T14:06:15.140-05:00Thanks, Dan, but I stand by what I said. A lot of ...Thanks, Dan, but I stand by what I said. A lot of guys my age got drafted during the VietNam era, and they all came back to our communal bar in my small hamlet of Hortonville after basic combat training repeating what their drill sergeant screamed at them if they should slip and refer to their M-15 or M-16 as a "gun": "This is my rifle, this is not my gun. This weapon is for killing, not for fun".<br /><br />We can nitpick - I often do; no problem with that. But as you so adroitly pointed out, even sources like Webster are suspect if they say a gun is "a weapon that shoots bullets or shells". We can nitpick and say technically a shotgun shoots slugs or shot, FROM a shell.<br /><br />But my point is, there's nowhere near enough content management going on in nooz these days. It's just "shit out some tweet before the other guy does".Tim Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-54799843204572421142013-09-19T12:19:43.752-05:002013-09-19T12:19:43.752-05:00That graphic doesn't surprise me in the least....That graphic doesn't surprise me in the least. You can see errors of this type all the time online or in the local fishwrap. It is a combination of sheltered children, who grew up in urban environments that never shot, and also some people who just plain ol' don't like guns.<br /><br />I disagree with parts of this:<br />"An AR-15 is a semi-automatic assault weapon. And, for those who need further depth of information, a gun is generally something with a smooth bore barrel, and a rifle is something which has “rifling” in the barrel which makes the projectile (bullet) spin."<br /><br />According to Websters, a gun is a "weapon that shoots bullets or shells" (which is stupid since a gun doesn't shoot a shell at all, it shoots a bullet or other projectile) - this makes a rifle a gun. So is the projectile shooter on a battleship.<br /><br />AR-15, while you may want to label it as an "assault weapon" is simply a .223 caliber, gas operated semi automatic rifle. Any number of hunting or target rifles such as an SKS, or 30-06 can and have been configured as semi-automatic over the ages and operate in basically the same manner. <br /><br />But I am most certainly digressing and nitpicking here and feel free to edit/delete this comment any way you choose.Dan from Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542769119893347529noreply@blogger.com