Sansa Stark

Just taking the piss

WWWP

It's cute how this thread trivializes mass murder.

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LoathsomePete

I really hope it doesn't inspire other fedora donning "nice guys" who think they've "been pushed too far" because girls won't have sex with them.

Ugh this entire MRA (men's rights activists) thing needs to be purged with salt and fire. Feminism is a movement for women and is no way against men. "Men's Right Activists" does nothing for the betterment of men and only exists for the detriment of women.

The worst part is that I doubt any of this is going to make it in the news. Kid was on medication went to see therapists so there's his excuse.

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Sansa Stark

Why are you surprised when this is the same forum where the feminism thread is used as a massive circle jerk of pseudointellect and a painfully perfect example of Lewis's law :P

WWWP

You're right. I'm not really surprised, more reminded why I don't frequent this site anymore.

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Sansa Stark

honestly all I can do is laugh at how desperate some of those posts are, the vitriolic content is actually alarming sometimes. at least you always have the wifey/oasisblur club

Paul Smeenus

^ I'm in 100% agreement with Herm and Steph on the Feminism thread. There is a palpable sense of fear (the primary source of bigotry) in the worst posts there.

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Sansa Stark

not only fear but the most prevalent posters just stank of insecurities and it's so mortifying to see their total lack of self awareness

ladyislingering

my thoughts on this loser who felt it was necessary to go on a shooting spree just because chicks didn't want to touch his dick:



glad he's dead. No man is entitled to a woman's body.

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^ That`s true at the moment, but it doesn`t have to be the end of the story. The American constitution has been amended in the past, and presumably it could be again.

^ Actually, dj, isn`t it the opposite that`s true? With effective, strict gun control, the guy wouldn`t have been able to get a gun legally, so it might have made a difference.

^ CB has already pointed out that you can protect property without guns, butthead, so I`d like to point out that even if guns cannot be taken off the streets entirely, it`s still possible to take some steps in that direction. It would be a tough, controvertial process, but there are plenty of things that could be done.

Although it`s a different time and place, what happened in Britain might serve as a guide to what is possible. After the Second World War there were quite a few illegal guns floating around - admittedly, most of them were just German souvenirs that people had no intention of using, but a similar process could still be applied in the US to good effect:-

i) declare an amnesty in which guns can be voluntarily handed in
ii) crank up the costs of gun licences and penalties for unlicensed guns
iii) establish strict controls about gun ownership. In Britain, that effectively means that you have to prove that you want it for hunting or sport; as far as I know, no-one is licenced to hold a gun in a city, for instance.
iv) give authorities the right of inspection, which means that a registered gun owner has to show, at a moment`s notice, that his gun is kept in a safe, locked cabinet, or he risks having his gun confiscated.

It`s not my country, so I don`t know the detailed circumstances and don`t want to appear too critical, but maybe America could benefit from some of these measures too.

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