Sunday, November 05, 2006

"Sporting Purposes" Hits a Snag

Britain's strict gun laws could present a major hurdle to Glasgow's bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport admitted yesterday.

Patricia Ferguson said there were problems regarding the pistol events, which are key Commonwealth sports. Following the Dunblane massacre in 1996, in which 16 children and their teacher were killed in their classroom, legislation was introduced that prohibits the use of handguns in public venues.
And we all know what a threat world-class target shooting competitors present to us all.

We should all know where "sporting purposes" originated. And once rights are thus trivialized, with costs propagandized as outweighing benefits, banning them as non-essential becomes easy.

That's one reason why I've always found the slogan "Vote Your Sport" to be so shallow.

1 comment:

  1. the EU going to ban Germans next since they were involved in one of the largest massacres of the 20th century?

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