There really is no better place to discuss current affairs than in a British pub, especially sitting outside in the garden on a warm spring evening drinking copious amounts of cider. I did just such a thing Thursday night with a few of my work colleagues. The topic of the Virginia Tech shootings came up and, of course, the issue of guns and America. Now, I’ve only ever fired two guns in my life: a BB gun and a pistol fired at a campfire in the middle of nowhere. So, yeah, I don’t have a lot of experience with them, but I’m quite proud of that. The longer I live away from America the more I do start to look at things from an outside perspective. The American obsession with guns scares the living daylights out of your average British person. I try my best to explain it away but it is often quite difficult especially since I’ve really started to agree with them. What is the deal? I don’t have an answer; I don’t think anyone really does. Michael Moore certainly came close in Bowling for Columbine but I don’t think even he scratched the surface.
I regularly spend time in the pub with work colleagues so feel free to stay tuned for more ‘discussions in the pub.’