Elizabeth Mandelman of IANSA
*Update.
Elizabeth took the time to post in her reply below.
I take this time to correct my initial post, because when you are in the wrong, it should be admitted, addressed and made restitution for. Full stop.
I even made snide comments about Elizabeth not posting my article out of band from either site. Let me be clear. Elizabeth is not the bad guy in this. I am. Anger does not justify these things. It clouds them.
Elizabeth appears to be a nice girl with strong opinions. Her exception to my retort as kept below is devoid of malice. We could all learn something from that.
On the other hand, as an ex-paratrooper I can often tend to follow the modified OODA loop of Observe, Overreact, Destroy, Apologize.
And every now and then I get reminders from my other peers that a first amendment is just as important as a second amendment.
In short, making my comments about her instead of the central issue has created a grand mess of things. I hope she and my other readers accept my full apology.
Right thinking dictates that I've got to track down those people and set them square about this post too.
This does not change the original questions. Elizabeth has been moderating replies to the page. We will be watching for replies to commentary there as well as taking them here.
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Apparently working for Project Plowshares here in Canada, Elizabeth has been writing articles on the viability of gun control and its effectiveness here in Canada.
I found that an interesting theory for an American to posit.
I wrote the response included below in this post to confront her on her own ground. She chose to use her power of censorship there rather than openly meet me in public forum to debate my opinion on her position on gun control.
Far from typical, I have found this is the default expected behavior from people in her camp when faced with tough questions. Not to be deterred or deny the internet public from a proper debate, I have saved the post and replicated it here.
Perhaps she'll be good enough to show up here to debate it? Then again, perhaps not.