If there were a deepest circle of Hell, he'd have a one-way ticket.
Today is, apparently, the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of the AK-47 assault rifle or Kalashnikov, after its inventor Mikhail.
I, who have never seen anything that remotely resembles the human tragedy of armed conflict, find it hard to even comprehend the destruction that this infamous object has forced upon the ordinary people of the world. Indeed, one would probably be hard pressed to think of any war in the last half-century in which the "AK" has not found a role. It might even be possible to estimate the number of deaths this weapon alone is responsible for, but I wouldn't want to. I'll leave that to Mikhail.
The gun's inventor says he feels no guilt for his indirect genocide, which probably dwarfs anything the Austrian Corporal came up with. Instead, he says that "politicians" are responsible for the world's innumerable wars and slaughter. And cigarrette-wallas aren't responsible for lung cancer, either. This isn't surprising. People pass the buck with great dependability, myself included. Who would honestly want to admit to an obscene fraction of the carnage in the last century, easily the deadliest yet? The truth is, if you forge cheap death for desperate hands, it will be used.
It's probably pointless to blame one man for humanity's failure, but he's certainly helped us along for the last few years. If there's a Hell, Mikhail, you wouldn't miss it for the world.
I, who have never seen anything that remotely resembles the human tragedy of armed conflict, find it hard to even comprehend the destruction that this infamous object has forced upon the ordinary people of the world. Indeed, one would probably be hard pressed to think of any war in the last half-century in which the "AK" has not found a role. It might even be possible to estimate the number of deaths this weapon alone is responsible for, but I wouldn't want to. I'll leave that to Mikhail.
The gun's inventor says he feels no guilt for his indirect genocide, which probably dwarfs anything the Austrian Corporal came up with. Instead, he says that "politicians" are responsible for the world's innumerable wars and slaughter. And cigarrette-wallas aren't responsible for lung cancer, either. This isn't surprising. People pass the buck with great dependability, myself included. Who would honestly want to admit to an obscene fraction of the carnage in the last century, easily the deadliest yet? The truth is, if you forge cheap death for desperate hands, it will be used.
It's probably pointless to blame one man for humanity's failure, but he's certainly helped us along for the last few years. If there's a Hell, Mikhail, you wouldn't miss it for the world.
posted by Chipsen Dipp at
10:40 AM
2 Comments:
I was into 10 meter air rifle shooting till a couple of years back. I believe it is the intention behing using a weapon (and not the weapon in itself) that can be classified as black or white.
I'm very flattered that you checked this dingy blog after so long Juliaji, but I feel I must disagree with you... Like, say, cigarettes, I perceive guns to have no restorative, "good," or meritorious qualities at all. No matter what they're used for, they destroy something.
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