On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Phillip Rhodes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:motley.crue.fan@gmail.com" target="_blank">motley.crue.fan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If that were true, then how could anyone ever use a drill press, band<br>
saw, lathe, etc.<br>
I think having a healthy-respect for tools is one thing, but being<br>
*afraid* of them is quite<br>
something else. But maybe we're just debating semantics?<br>
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At any rate, all tools can be dangerous and deserve to be used with care and<br>
the proper precautions. In that regard, how is a pistol any different<br>
from a band-saw?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Come on now, a gun has a purpose that isn't of the same vision of a hackerspace: building cool things. Now if you bring it in, dissambled, fine, or if you make it in the hackerspace, cool. But otherwise, it's like a meta-virus -- it contaminates not a person, but the intentions of a space.</div>
<div><br></div><div>mark</div><div>sf_x (defunct)</div></div>