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Lt. Col Bateman laments death threats
The Eternal O-5 relates dubious anecdotes and common illusions.A few months ago when I wrote my first article here about America's cult of the gun, the cultists themselves took notice. What I got in response was, at last count, more than 3,000 hate mail letters, 2,300 just in the first two weeks, and so far 19 death threats. But I did not get spat at, nor did people show up at my house, or the unit where I work, and I have not had to worry about my safety. In no small part I do not doubt this is because I live in England and I do not even own a cell phone; I am a man who expressly notes, in public, that he defends his house with a machete and a kukri; and I am a soldier. Good for you. English people, Gawd Bless 'em. But I would add that at, roughly, 40 plus, you wouldn't have much of a chance against a 16 year old Mohammad "Trayvon" Martin or other similar yute using an edged weapon, soldier or not. These three factors combined to reserve the abuse to mere e-mails. Nobody called my home, though they did call my mother and father in the middle of the night looking for me (which says something about their research skills, or perhaps reading comprehension skills). Nobody crossed the ocean, figured out where I live, and showed up at my house. Nobody confronted me in a coffee house, here in England. (Which would have been silly, since I'm usually to be found at my "local" anyway.) But mostly it was e-mail such as this bizarre one that came when I asked one of them, "Who are you?" Posted by: badanov 2014-05-20 |
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