canndo
Well-Known Member
The problem in America is the question. We are not a nation of people who should heavily inspect the question of "why" a person wants what he wants.
It is unamerican in the extreme to question the desires (the pursuit of happiness) of others. "why does anyone want 10 billion dollars? Isn't 5 plenty"?
Why does anyone want high heels with live goldfish in them, why does anyone want chia pets?
Even in the realm of semi-automatic weapons, that particular question really should not be asked in this society.
I had a friend long ago who spent much of his time and more of his money - - - hopping up his CHAIN SAW! It had a tuned header extractor, it had pop up pistons and special antifouling spark plugs, I coulnd't understand how there was a secondary market that detailed not only for two cycle engines but for chainsaws of every different stripe. in my opinion, the guy was crazy even though he eventualy began competing in statewide tournaments in my opinion that gave him no extra excuse - WHY does anyone need a methanol powered chain saw?
Is my lack of understanding of his intense satisfaction over having and toying with this utter waste of time, energy, steel, gas and plastic of any bearing? any at all?
If we were to live in a country where we were forced to justify the "need" for our every hobby or posession this would be a country I do not want to live in. Now I believe that the enviornomentalists would find this man's hobby abhorent, evil, blashpehmous. This machine was made with a single purpose in mind - to KILL TREES and to kill them in the shortest possible time with the greatest possible efficiency (I think the guy actually took a couple of third place prizes in the state).
Never mind the reality - that he burned methanol, expended plugs, fouled the air, made quite natural settings vibrate with ugly man-sounds, the truth is still that he never once actually used his expensive device to kill trees, he specialized in already downed and sized logs.
Do we have the right to ask him if he "NEEDS" that machine? I don't think so.
It is unamerican in the extreme to question the desires (the pursuit of happiness) of others. "why does anyone want 10 billion dollars? Isn't 5 plenty"?
Why does anyone want high heels with live goldfish in them, why does anyone want chia pets?
Even in the realm of semi-automatic weapons, that particular question really should not be asked in this society.
I had a friend long ago who spent much of his time and more of his money - - - hopping up his CHAIN SAW! It had a tuned header extractor, it had pop up pistons and special antifouling spark plugs, I coulnd't understand how there was a secondary market that detailed not only for two cycle engines but for chainsaws of every different stripe. in my opinion, the guy was crazy even though he eventualy began competing in statewide tournaments in my opinion that gave him no extra excuse - WHY does anyone need a methanol powered chain saw?
Is my lack of understanding of his intense satisfaction over having and toying with this utter waste of time, energy, steel, gas and plastic of any bearing? any at all?
If we were to live in a country where we were forced to justify the "need" for our every hobby or posession this would be a country I do not want to live in. Now I believe that the enviornomentalists would find this man's hobby abhorent, evil, blashpehmous. This machine was made with a single purpose in mind - to KILL TREES and to kill them in the shortest possible time with the greatest possible efficiency (I think the guy actually took a couple of third place prizes in the state).
Never mind the reality - that he burned methanol, expended plugs, fouled the air, made quite natural settings vibrate with ugly man-sounds, the truth is still that he never once actually used his expensive device to kill trees, he specialized in already downed and sized logs.
Do we have the right to ask him if he "NEEDS" that machine? I don't think so.
