tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post8454926749995174633..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Guns and Adverbs: Part 1Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82606765560004769302012-09-03T12:07:33.820-07:002012-09-03T12:07:33.820-07:00Lee: We all get out of the loop at some point or o...Lee: We all get out of the loop at some point or other :)Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-31556537257318160982012-09-01T18:25:16.206-07:002012-09-01T18:25:16.206-07:00This was an interesting start and I'm curious ...This was an interesting start and I'm curious to see where this goes. Sorry that I've been out of the loop lately. I've slowed down considerably with visiting blogs and leaving comments. <br /><br />Now I'm going to assiduously attempt to catch up to what I've missed here. <br /><br /><br />Lee <br /><a href="http://wrotebyrote.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Wrote By Rote</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-1573659830401160282012-08-21T09:36:04.884-07:002012-08-21T09:36:04.884-07:00Rowenna: Well, over my mantle, I think I'd rat...Rowenna: Well, over my mantle, I think I'd rather have swords, but a nice brace of pistols doesn't sound that bad now that you mention it. Thanks for coming by!<br /><br />Alex: Exactly. There should be the freedom to choose, even if I never plan to own a gun.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-80211305326648971382012-08-20T16:20:01.217-07:002012-08-20T16:20:01.217-07:00Good analogy.
I'd have no idea how to use one ...Good analogy.<br />I'd have no idea how to use one but I never want the right to use taken away from me.<br />And if forced to kill my own food, I'd probably become a vegetarian.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-84392522741244947052012-08-20T15:12:20.354-07:002012-08-20T15:12:20.354-07:00I love this post! So true--what we use is made ba...I love this post! So true--what we use is made bad or good by how we use it. Like marshmallows. Appropriate in some recipes, death to food in others.<br /><br />As a history dork, I guess I use guns and adverbs in a similar way--decoratively. A brace of flintlock pistols looks lovely on the mantle, and a properly inserted adverb can make a paragraph sparkle.Rowennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757364614589686606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-51755054916611226792012-08-20T14:27:24.362-07:002012-08-20T14:27:24.362-07:00Elizabeth: It's true that violent crime rates ...Elizabeth: It's true that violent crime rates inexplicably dropped during the recession. Law enforcement agencies doesn't understand why, because they expected the opposite to occur.<br /><br />G_G: He must have caught them quickly and carefully to be able to eat them. At least if he liked to eat them intactly. :PAndrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-22631696780075449072012-08-20T11:57:30.706-07:002012-08-20T11:57:30.706-07:00My hubby is a hunter, so my feeling is that Guns i...My hubby is a hunter, so my feeling is that Guns in the wrong hands, are bad and Out of our 4 kids only 2 like to hunt. Gun safety was very important to him and his hunting rifles all have locks on them bcuz of grand kiddies. I guess I have never factored in the whole gun vs adverb before. :/ I sat in the back of the class beside a guy who used to catch flies and eat them. :( I guess missed out on some things. :) Enjoyed reading your post though!Gossip_Grlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603645371306284338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-41444175170840863592012-08-20T11:40:58.059-07:002012-08-20T11:40:58.059-07:00L.G. seriously, really, extremely stole my joke.
...L.G. seriously, really, extremely stole my joke. <br /><br />Like Cathy, I'm Canadian. The gun portion of this post seems like a particularly American conversation, so I won't comment in great detail, but I will point out that violent crime rates in the U.S. have decreased in the last couple of decades. They've decreased in Canada too, but less rapidly. Yay for everyone.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-70488355890990346212012-08-20T11:22:17.336-07:002012-08-20T11:22:17.336-07:00J.L.: I might agree with you about my mom except t...J.L.: I might agree with you about my mom except that she let my brother start hunting at around age 7 or 8. That was probably what prompted my grandfather to take me; he didn't think it was fair that they were letting my brother go when I had never been.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-8557406357268299472012-08-20T11:20:33.120-07:002012-08-20T11:20:33.120-07:00General Note: I just want to make this clear, beca...General Note: I just want to make this clear, because I didn't really do it in the post: I am not "for" guns; I am just opposed to making them illegal. I'm opposed to anything that restricts the freedoms that have been granted to us in the Bill of Rights. That means I am as opposed to making guns illegal as I am to restricting free speech. That, too, doesn't mean I believe that all people should be saying the things they say. <br /><br />neal: Well, wait for part 2; there will be some guidelines.<br /><br />Cally: The adverb part will become more clear. And I'm sure many agents wish writers would have their adverbs revoked.<br /><br />Cathy: People do scare me. However, it doesn't take a gun to cause people to scare me.<br /><br />Jess: I'm not sure that it was gun ownership that kept people out of other people's houses, so I don't know if that would make a difference. There are a lot of conversations about these issues; I'm not sure how many of them have answers, though.<br /><br />L.G.: LOL! I love your adverbs there. I am for few guns, but I think, with adverbs, I'm just for them being used in a better manner.<br /><br />ABftS: Oh, man, that made me laugh so much. I'll tell you what, I won't show this post to Ms. Meyer if she will agree to not show me any of her work.<br /><br />Michael: I'll point you up at my note. And I'll reiterate: I don't -like- guns. They are too easy to misuse. However, I think that classes being required for gun purchases might make things a slight bit better where guns are concerned.<br /><br />Rusty: I wish I still had my copies :( I made the mistake of allowing a friend of mine to use them for something he was doing for an RPG, and he trashed them to the point where I refused to take them back. I was not a happy camper.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-53921208565450177172012-08-20T11:07:47.634-07:002012-08-20T11:07:47.634-07:00BTW - Your mom was just trying to keep you safe. I...BTW - Your mom was just trying to keep you safe. I'd probably work the same angle on my son. J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-27999120439467261832012-08-20T11:07:08.092-07:002012-08-20T11:07:08.092-07:00Cool segue from guns to adverbs. Gotta agree with ...Cool segue from guns to adverbs. Gotta agree with you though. We are told not to do so many things in writing, but my motto is 'everything in moderation'. I told myself I couldn't wait to get published the first time around, so that I'd be free to do pretty much anything after that. J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-30866470646903214202012-08-20T10:43:38.306-07:002012-08-20T10:43:38.306-07:00I've known a lot of folks that have ended up b...I've known a lot of folks that have ended up being involved in gun incidents. I'd rather see fewer of them, myself. <br /><br />I think your dead right about adverbs - but I think that probably started with slush readers getting overwhelmed with manuscripts that were full of adverbs. It's easier to just make blanket statements and be done with it than it is to try to make a nuanced one that a large percentage of folks would ignore. <br /><br />That official handbook to the marvel universe - the first run anyway - was about my favorite thing in the history of comics. Later editions got increasingly lame in my opinion. Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-59312656636933421982012-08-20T08:59:31.565-07:002012-08-20T08:59:31.565-07:00I personally don't like guns. I have been &quo...I personally don't like guns. I have been "almost" witness to a child accidentally shooting himself. I knew the father very closely. The child found his gun, didn't know what it was, and ended up dead.<br /><br />It was very heartbreaking. There was no reason for that gun to be in the home. I just can't say enough how much I am opposed to guns.<br /><br />I am a democrat, and I believe the country needs tougher gun control laws.<br /><br />I'll run out now before people egg me.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-68593997723141502332012-08-20T06:37:36.418-07:002012-08-20T06:37:36.418-07:00I've never fired a gun, and I assume if I trie...I've never fired a gun, and I assume if I tried, I'd hit myself in the face with the recoil and give myself a black eye. No thanks.<br /><br />Also, don't show this post to Stephenie Meyer, queen of the adverbs. She would disagree with you, and I think she knows a LITTLE bit about high quality writing.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-54875696905520414662012-08-20T06:06:44.758-07:002012-08-20T06:06:44.758-07:00That was really, truly, absolutely, undeniably a g...That was really, truly, absolutely, undeniably a good correlation between guns and adverbs. But I really do wish we had fewer of both. Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-53137060750807757132012-08-20T05:27:37.630-07:002012-08-20T05:27:37.630-07:00Ha! Love that you threw in the adverb comparison a...Ha! Love that you threw in the adverb comparison at the end. My hubby and I were actually discussing the gun issue the other night. He was saying how (though we don't own one and I don't really like the idea or feel the need to have one in the house right now) in the days of early America and in the Old West, it was pretty much guaranteed that everyone had a gun in their house and knew how to use it. A home was a person's property, and they were ready to protect it--everyone from the wife to the young kiddos could shoot if defending the home became necessary. Hubby was just wondering if break-ins to private homes would lessen if it was widely known that every home you sneak into to steal something is going to have a big old gun and someone who knows how to use it. Would it make a burglar think twice? We didn't get into answers, but it was an interesting conversation.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121018905141253640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-79956498537452925812012-08-20T04:49:20.390-07:002012-08-20T04:49:20.390-07:00I'm in Canada and, like Cally, we have a diffe...I'm in Canada and, like Cally, we have a different policy and attitude towards guns. I have to say I feel a great deal safer here, in a place where almost nobody has a handgun. Whenever we come across somebody having a bit of road rage I always thank my lucky stars that these people don't have guns in their glove box.<br /><br />I agree that a gun is just a tool and harmless on its own but what scares me is that people with hairtrigger tempers have access to these things and innocent people wind up dying.<br /><br />I always like how you tackle these big issues, Andrew. Good for you!Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-91322086998850195262012-08-20T00:18:11.908-07:002012-08-20T00:18:11.908-07:00I was wondering how adverbs were going to fit into...I was wondering how adverbs were going to fit into the picture. We have a very different policy on guns in Australia, meaning very few people have them. We have the same problem with adverbs though... Cally Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313803959936813426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49675263107896847002012-08-19T23:35:03.091-07:002012-08-19T23:35:03.091-07:00I think I'm going to join a 12-step program fo...I think I'm going to join a 12-step program for using adverbs. Sometimes you just have to recognize that you're not a person who can use them sparingly, and as soon as you let one little one in it's like drinking the whole bottle and then selling your TV so you can get another fix. Hmmm. Analogy's getting weird. Anyway, I know I'm one who needs to learn to use adverbs responsibly.neal callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285975416175230777noreply@blogger.com