Maybe it's just me or because I'm an Aussie? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T22:38:08Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:88993?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A226474&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThink of it as "not loaded."…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-07:537324:Comment:2264742010-02-07T20:12:08.629ZByron Leon McAllisterhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/YDNUOR
Think of it as "not loaded." (Well, <i>sometimes</i> that's a reasonable assumption.")
Think of it as "not loaded." (Well, <i>sometimes</i> that's a reasonable assumption.") Wow -- I just stumbled onto t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-06-25:537324:Comment:1479222008-06-25T21:59:58.261ZDonna Carrickhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonnaCarrick
Wow -- I just stumbled onto this string. Being a Canuck (that's Canadian for, well, Canadian) I get what Rose is saying about the gun thing. The logo never bothered me 'cause I grew up on American television, but now that you mention it.....<br />
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We're in the middle of a huge campaign up here in the GWN (Great White North, heh heh) to remind ourselves that we have always had a no-gun-policy. I honestly never thought about it, but now that I've got 2 published and a few not-yet-published crime…
Wow -- I just stumbled onto this string. Being a Canuck (that's Canadian for, well, Canadian) I get what Rose is saying about the gun thing. The logo never bothered me 'cause I grew up on American television, but now that you mention it.....<br />
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We're in the middle of a huge campaign up here in the GWN (Great White North, heh heh) to remind ourselves that we have always had a no-gun-policy. I honestly never thought about it, but now that I've got 2 published and a few not-yet-published crime stories under my belt, I guess it would strike some as strange that NONE of my protagonists have ever carried guns!!! And I never really questioned that, can you believe it?<br />
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Yes, I've had a couple of Chinese cops (whom I love) carrying guns, but they were not the lead characters. Very strange, what writers from different cultures will and will not embed in their literature, eh?...<br />
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Anyway, whether not not your hero is "packing", happy writing to one and all!<br />
Donna Carrick <a href="http://www.donnacarrick.com">www.donnacarrick.com</a> From another wimpy Aussie...…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-10:537324:Comment:917572007-11-10T22:58:24.707ZFran Readhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tassiefran
From another wimpy Aussie...<br />
I'm quite happy with the logo on the website, because I don't really notice it much but I'd like to own a Crimespace t-shirt and wouldn't feel comfortable wearing that particular logo. Of course, I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing a dead body, a dripping knife or a pool of blood on a t-shirt either, so maybe it's not just the gun. However, there's nothing at all delicate about my reading tastes!
From another wimpy Aussie...<br />
I'm quite happy with the logo on the website, because I don't really notice it much but I'd like to own a Crimespace t-shirt and wouldn't feel comfortable wearing that particular logo. Of course, I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing a dead body, a dripping knife or a pool of blood on a t-shirt either, so maybe it's not just the gun. However, there's nothing at all delicate about my reading tastes! Oh my! I'm speechless, Anne.…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:898212007-11-05T15:44:55.050ZRose Mercerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RoseMercer
Oh my! I'm speechless, Anne. Where did you find it? Whatever will they think of next? I hope there never is a dark chocolate gun because even I, a true chocophyliac, would have trouble putting the barrel in my mouth!!!! Eeeek!
Oh my! I'm speechless, Anne. Where did you find it? Whatever will they think of next? I hope there never is a dark chocolate gun because even I, a true chocophyliac, would have trouble putting the barrel in my mouth!!!! Eeeek! tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:898102007-11-05T15:16:58.147ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/33606999?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt=""/></p> So do you think it's a good t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:897842007-11-05T13:02:48.392ZRose Mercerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RoseMercer
So do you think it's a good thing we're becoming blaze about it which means it's easier for us to continue surviving in our world. Or... should be become aware that this is not ok and we need to find some ways to scale violence down? Undoubtedly, an impossible question to answer.<br />
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I don't want to say that our world is so much more violent because I think it's always been like that but, now we're more informed about it.
So do you think it's a good thing we're becoming blaze about it which means it's easier for us to continue surviving in our world. Or... should be become aware that this is not ok and we need to find some ways to scale violence down? Undoubtedly, an impossible question to answer.<br />
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I don't want to say that our world is so much more violent because I think it's always been like that but, now we're more informed about it. Years ago when we lived in Ho…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:896782007-11-05T04:11:49.644ZJean Lauzierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeanLauzier
Years ago when we lived in Homestead Fl, there was a t-shirt that had the same "pointed gun" logo on it. The slogan was, "Miami, see it like a native."<br />
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I think we are so overwhelmed by violence in the media we just don't pay that much attention to these type things any longer.
Years ago when we lived in Homestead Fl, there was a t-shirt that had the same "pointed gun" logo on it. The slogan was, "Miami, see it like a native."<br />
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I think we are so overwhelmed by violence in the media we just don't pay that much attention to these type things any longer. Midge, that's horrifying for…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:896092007-11-05T01:08:27.302ZRose Mercerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RoseMercer
Midge, that's horrifying for you. Are you ok? Of all the experiences available to us as humans on earth, this is one of the high ranking ones that I just really don't need to have.
Midge, that's horrifying for you. Are you ok? Of all the experiences available to us as humans on earth, this is one of the high ranking ones that I just really don't need to have. Hmm... some taste like garlic…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:896052007-11-05T00:59:54.476ZRose Mercerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RoseMercer
Hmm... some taste like garlic, I'm told, so I figure in the lasagne? LOL Deb, you dag! Funny, there was something on the news here yesterday talking about the Melbourne knife culture that seems to have developed (nice way of saying gangs of Asian youths with machetes). Horrible stuff, no matter how you look at it. I guess the argument is that if someone is attacking with a knife some people may have a chance to escape whereas a gun is so much faster and yes, efficient. Hmm... how about an…
Hmm... some taste like garlic, I'm told, so I figure in the lasagne? LOL Deb, you dag! Funny, there was something on the news here yesterday talking about the Melbourne knife culture that seems to have developed (nice way of saying gangs of Asian youths with machetes). Horrible stuff, no matter how you look at it. I guess the argument is that if someone is attacking with a knife some people may have a chance to escape whereas a gun is so much faster and yes, efficient. Hmm... how about an overdose of drugs? It's a possibility. :) ;) Weeel, as Anne said above, on…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-05:537324:Comment:896032007-11-05T00:57:04.403ZRose Mercerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RoseMercer
Weeel, as Anne said above, on a t-shirt the "eye" of the barrel is pointed at others and that's probably fine with me... Ha-ha.
Weeel, as Anne said above, on a t-shirt the "eye" of the barrel is pointed at others and that's probably fine with me... Ha-ha.