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Old 06-25-2008, 07:54 PM   #124 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by debaser
But a very valid one. I for one am glad to see someone who sees guns as art. There is no one thing that sums up the aesthetic of the late industrial age for me like an M-2 machine gun.
Yes, I especially admire their homo- and autoerotic overtones (which can easily be interpreted from a postmodern perspective). The M-2 is no exception.
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