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I'm in.
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Thanks, Dexter!
And thank you to both of you for "checking in." I'm going to start doing a check in thread for each book discussion.
And thank you to both of you for "checking in." I'm going to start doing a check in thread for each book discussion.
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I'm in. But, I've just ordered the book and frequently wait up to two weeks or more to receive books from used book sellers in the U.S. I'm in Canada.
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This sounds like a good idea to establish who is going to participate, so nice thinking Chris. I'll discuss the book, too. Just a little bit of familiarity with Zakaria at this point. He writes a column for the Washington Post that I sometimes read. I'm probably not alone in needing to get my head out of the sand as far as America's diminishing role in the world is concerned.
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Chris,
Thanks for the heads up. I'm in. I just have to download it onto my Kindle.
Thanks for the heads up. I'm in. I just have to download it onto my Kindle.
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Checking in!
Will DL it and start once I get a little farther with Go Set A Watchman. So may be a bit delayed - I'm used to reading multiple books, but not when they're all on an e-reader, i.e. need to see how that goes...
Will DL it and start once I get a little farther with Go Set A Watchman. So may be a bit delayed - I'm used to reading multiple books, but not when they're all on an e-reader, i.e. need to see how that goes...
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I do not yet have the book. The title sounds interesting. I can check in, but I do not know when I will be getting the book. Actually I wrote a book, self published, and I have copies unsold in part due to my lack of marketing skills: demonstrated here and now.
My checking-in is a response from an e-mail. I do not know if my participation in any discussion is actually welcome due to the nature of me, my history, and my competitive viewpoints. I looked at the price and availability of the book, and I did a quick search concerning the author.
I found this:
"The United States has a gun homicide rate that is at least a dozen times higher than those of most other industrialized countries. It is 50 times higher than Germany’s, for instance. We don’t have 50 times as many mentally disturbed people as Germany does — but we do have many, many more guns."
If the author is just another of many people either deceived on the subject matter of lawful self defense, or another of many people willfully adding to the already existing pile of deception, then my participation is probably not welcome in that crowd; no more than an abolitionist was welcome during the fraudulent take-over of America when slavery was on the way out and the slave traders decided to make slavery "legal."
I think I can save everyone the trouble of running me out of town on this one.
My checking-in is a response from an e-mail. I do not know if my participation in any discussion is actually welcome due to the nature of me, my history, and my competitive viewpoints. I looked at the price and availability of the book, and I did a quick search concerning the author.
I found this:
"The United States has a gun homicide rate that is at least a dozen times higher than those of most other industrialized countries. It is 50 times higher than Germany’s, for instance. We don’t have 50 times as many mentally disturbed people as Germany does — but we do have many, many more guns."
If the author is just another of many people either deceived on the subject matter of lawful self defense, or another of many people willfully adding to the already existing pile of deception, then my participation is probably not welcome in that crowd; no more than an abolitionist was welcome during the fraudulent take-over of America when slavery was on the way out and the slave traders decided to make slavery "legal."
I think I can save everyone the trouble of running me out of town on this one.
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