zxcvbob wrote:

> I had some Hmoung neighbors a few years ago. We got along fine with
> them, and I took pictures at one of their weddings when I found out at
> the last minute that they couldn't afford a photographer.
>
> And I can't think of any ethnic slurs for Laosians. But maybe
> Wisconsinites are more articulate than I am.

I don't know of ant Hmong communities in this part of Canada, or any other part
of the country for that matter, and I don't recall ever hearing about any sort
of problems with that particular ethnic group.

> Let's say (ridiculously) that he's right and they did shoot first. With
> the one gun in the party. That makes one justifiable homicide and 5
> first degree murders (plus tresspassing, and probably a bunch of other
> lesser violations.) It's especially difficult to justify shooting the
> unarmed folks that came later to try to rescue the first victims.

It is incidents like this one and the one in which I was shot by a stupid
hunter, as opposed to a responsible hunter, that I am in favor of gun control
regulations.

> I still wish he'd pointed that empty rifle at one of the game wardens or
> sheriff's deputies when they caught him. It could have saved the
> taxpayers a lot of money.

Better down there than here. The last big profile shooting by a cop around here
saw the usual second guessing by the Special Investigations Unit, and some
tried to make a big deal of the fact that the guy's gun was jammed. He had
already shot one woman and was holding another hostage. And then there is the
race issue, since so many of those who get shot by cops are non-whites.