Comments on: Another Good Read http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/ Massad Ayoob on Firearms, Self-defense, and the 2nd Amendment Wed, 23 May 2012 21:12:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James Robertson http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/comment-page-1/#comment-3166 James Robertson Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:46:23 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/#comment-3166 I know this is posting on a long, dead discussion, but Steve brings up something I just had to comment on. I see the police using the term "gentleman" as a term of irony. They stay polite by using it, and also make a really dark joke. The dirtbag they just nabbed or are chasing is just about everything a gentleman is NOT in their minds, thus it's a case of ironic humor. I like it. I use it. I want them to keep it up. I'm going to look up this author's name on amazon.com and see if I can get his books. I like reading good works of fiction by someone who has a good, familiar grasp with the situation. Much like David Drake when he writes with gritty realism in his military works (he's a historian, former lawyer, and former interrogator with the US Army during the Vietnam war), or Harry Turtledove when he writes alternative history (he is a historian). I know this is posting on a long, dead discussion, but Steve brings up something I just had to comment on.

I see the police using the term “gentleman” as a term of irony. They stay polite by using it, and also make a really dark joke. The dirtbag they just nabbed or are chasing is just about everything a gentleman is NOT in their minds, thus it’s a case of ironic humor. I like it. I use it. I want them to keep it up.

I’m going to look up this author’s name on amazon.com and see if I can get his books. I like reading good works of fiction by someone who has a good, familiar grasp with the situation. Much like David Drake when he writes with gritty realism in his military works (he’s a historian, former lawyer, and former interrogator with the US Army during the Vietnam war), or Harry Turtledove when he writes alternative history (he is a historian).

]]> By: Steve Racer http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 Steve Racer Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:45:31 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/#comment-1713 The one thing that has always irritated me is when the cop gets interviewed by the media about a criminal and they use the term "gentleman". It's as if they are searching for a better description, but that word just automatically comes out. How about "dirtbag", "neanderthal", "a**wipe", "scumball", etc.? I know it confers a high degree of proffessionalism and maintains innocent until proven guilty, but gentleman certainly doesn't fit, especially if he just got done mowing down several innocents in a drunken rage after holding up the 7-11. What gives with that? Or, is that an anacronym for something too? Seriously, wouldn't "person", "Mr. ____", "the accused", "the perpetrator", something along those lines be more appropriate? BTW, "The Ayoob Files " is a great book. I shook my head in amazement the wholeway through. Changed my outlook about handgun performance. Thank you. The one thing that has always irritated me is when the cop gets interviewed by the media about a criminal and they use the term “gentleman”. It’s as if they are searching for a better description, but that word just automatically comes out. How about “dirtbag”, “neanderthal”, “a**wipe”, “scumball”, etc.? I know it confers a high degree of proffessionalism and maintains innocent until proven guilty, but gentleman certainly doesn’t fit, especially if he just got done mowing down several innocents in a drunken rage after holding up the 7-11. What gives with that? Or, is that an anacronym for something too? Seriously, wouldn’t “person”, “Mr. ____”, “the accused”, “the perpetrator”, something along those lines be more appropriate?

BTW, “The Ayoob Files ” is a great book. I shook my head in amazement the wholeway through. Changed my outlook about handgun performance. Thank you.

]]> By: Fred http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 Fred Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:45:48 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/09/17/another-good-read/#comment-1711 So THAT'S why the young punks in the neighborhood have been calling me SIR!!! So THAT’S why the young punks in the neighborhood have been calling me SIR!!!

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