- I had a small revelation this morning as I was reading
Hungary cracks down on gun ownership. There's a quote in which
the Hungarian government says
it's not the task of civilians to fight armed criminals.
That single statement clarified things for me. On the one side, there are the people who think the government should protect us. They claim we don't have the right to defend ourselves and shouldn't have to take responsibility for our actions. They're wrong. On the other side are the folks who believe people should be responsible for themselves. I'm definitely in the latter camp. - Using the above as a guideline, when Annan says UN must rethink peace-keeping role it's much clearer to me why this is the wrong approach. It's yet another government trying to protect us, mostly from ourselves.