Your guns are 'too violent' for Remembrance Day, mayor tells rifle regiment

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 9th November 2007

[tired1]

Miss Beach, the Labour mayor of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, said: "I would prefer for there not be any guns at the parade - and raised it because it is an issue I personally feel very strongly about.

"I am very much against guns and think they are awful things. Killing in any war is awful and I am against this violence.

[TLI]

Idiot liberals like that woman will get us all killed.

No, not all. But as soon as it is clear that someone like that is, it will be up against the wall with them as soon as possible and damn good riddance.

[TornadoAlley3]

He name is Hilary:)

[Enterprise]

Isn’t THAT the truth! Just one hit is like a grenade! Parts flying everywhere.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

This woman should be carted. (An Englishman will know the meaning of “carting.”) Actually western civilization is not showing enough violence!

[TLI]

Miss Beach's plea to the council fell on deaf ears.

Ned Heywood, a former mayor, made one of the opposing speeches.

He said: "Miss Beach is a pacifist and felt unhappy about the Rifles marching with guns through the town. But she received absolutely no support.

Damn well right, the silly bitch.

Now if their government and judges would have as much sense.

[MNJohnnie]

Where was this visionary during WWII? Should have just let the Nazis carry on - no sense interrupting those orderly death camps.

Then they could have add this sort of drivel (All comments currently being spewed forth by so called "enlightened" US Leftists about Iraq.)

"After all the Germans are just killing their own, not like they attacked us or anything! Who do we think we are telling the Germans what to do in their own country! Who decided we were the world's policeman? We are just creating more Nazis by fighting them!"

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Idiot liberals like that woman will get us all killed.

Not really. Make them useful. Let them go forward and greet the enemy. As did Sadaam, the enemy will find them a dangerous job where they get killed. If, on the other hand they embrace the enemy, sharpen your aim and use them for target practice.

[decal]

“Miss Beach, the Labour mayor of Chepstow in Monmouthshire...”

Some of my ancestors left Chepstow for Massachusetts in 1630 - now I’m even more grateful to them.

[ExSES]

Your GUNS are 'too violent' for Remembrance Day, mayor tells rifle regiment

Hard to imagine that!

Hmmmhhh, remembering the DI's little ditty: "THIS IS YOUR RIFLE..., THIS IS YOUR GUN..., THIS IS FOR FIGHTING..., THIS IS FOR FUN!

I am certain that political correctness banned such DI training methods many decades ago!

If you don't know what was being demonstrated..., use your imagination!

[Red_Devil 232]

You are close ...

Here is the quote it is by George Orwell

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." GEORGE ORWELL

[BallyBill]

Killing in any war is awful and I am against this violence.

La Dee Da, wouldn't the world be a better place if everybody was as intelligent as the Mayor.

[maica]

I wonder if she believes in a municipal police force, or in a security detail for herself?

[eyedigress]

I wonder what her thoughts are on dull swords, pliers, axes, sharp sticks and pointy rocks?

[metesky]

Nonetheless, Hilary Beach decided to call for 1Bn The Rifles to leave their weapons behind at tomorrow's Remembrance Day parade because she feels they are too "violent".

Guns are not violent, you ninny! They are inanimate objects, tools that just peacibly lie there until they're needed. And sister, if you ever really need one, you won't think they're violent enough.

[El Gato]

Where was this visionary during WWII?

Don't know, but right afterwards, the likes of her were confiscating and destroying the guns of the Home Guard. Some of theose guns had been collected from individual Americans by the NRA and donated to the Home Guard, well before the US got into the war.

[Porterville]

We need to take over Britain and clean it up. Too much Euro trash left over from the 80’s

[359Henrie]

I thought compost was good for the environment.

[NRA2BFree]

I absolutely loathe liberals. They want to force their likes/ideas/preferences on us, by taking away OUR rights. This is exactly what the US liberals want. I feel for the folks in the UK, but this is what happened when they surrendered their guns to the government. We have to be vigilant to make sure it doesn't happen in the US.

I will NEVER surrender my guns. I don't care if it makes me a felon. The only way they're going to catch me is if I kill an intruder, and then they can put me in prison for the rest of my life. I'll just spend that time converting Muslims to Christianity. LOL I've got this all figured out. ;o)

[353FMG]

“Western Civilization is finished”

That’s what they said about France and Chile until Franco and Pinochet appeared. All the West needs is leaders. The problem is that the West prides itself in becoming a multicultural society. When there is too much diversity, unity becomes an impossibility.

[tired1]

i think you mean Spain.