Concerns growing about militia members at Bundy ranch

[JohnnyRingo]

141. That's a sexist comment used by those who have no interest in something.

I hear it often from people who are happy driving a Saturn to someone else who buys a Dodge Viper. Those who don't like guns love to use the barb as an excuse why someone would buy a Colt Viper. Either way, there are myriad reasons why people buy things that others don't care much for.

What that blanket generalization ignores, is that often people are just interested in performance, aesthetics, or financial investment. A bright red 1956 Ferrari 250 GTO isn't just a statement of the sexual id, it's viewed by many a vintage work of automotive art. Not many enthusiasts a Honda Hayabusa because they got shunned in the bedroom, and few buy a hundred year old Smith & Wesson because of sexual shortcomings.

Sometimes it's an investment, appreciation of the design, or maybe even as a deathwish, but I don't believe everything revolves around the male sexual ego. I wouldn't dream of telling a woman that the number of shoes she owns is equates to her inability to sate a sexual partner, but a sexist might.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes it's just about the aromatic enjoyment. I don't like cigars, but I wouldn't assume others do only because they have a tiny dick.

In this case, I'm sure those men are gun nuts, but they see their guns as tools for anti govt action. They aren't typical of most gun owners, just as not every Lamborghini owner isn't a divorced orthodontist trying to recapture his glory days.