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06-30-2011, 09:56 PM | #121 (permalink) |
Juicious Maximus III
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I'm convinced that when society endorses or even encourages the acquisition and use of guns for anything but hunting animals, that will generally speaking promote violence. Weapons made to scare, defend against or even kill people become a part of society and people's lives more so than they would otherwise, even to the people who don't own them, for example because they feel they might run into someone else who does. It changes the way people interact and think about eachother and even if that change in one individual is very slight, when it affects everyone, it can have a measurable effect.
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06-30-2011, 10:15 PM | #122 (permalink) | |
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DJ, I would feel safer with a knife at me because it's easier to get out of the situation than someone with a gun. A knife can be kicked or slapped away if you've got self defense training.
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06-30-2011, 10:21 PM | #123 (permalink) | |
Live by the Sword
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edit - there are a lot of ways to kill with a knife or a sharp object if you've watched enough triad movies as I have |
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07-01-2011, 03:22 AM | #124 (permalink) | ||
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Not saying that it would be the easiest thing to dodge but hey it could happen
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07-01-2011, 05:24 AM | #125 (permalink) | |
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07-01-2011, 05:40 AM | #126 (permalink) | |
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yes I'm an expert at dodging bullets because I watched the Matrix!
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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07-01-2011, 11:32 AM | #128 (permalink) | ||
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@ DJchamelion
I'm done with debating you. It's pointless because you are pathologically incapable of considering anyone else's point of view. Quote:
I'm currently searching the net for something solid.
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07-01-2011, 12:33 PM | #129 (permalink) | ||
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I was over it along time ago.
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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07-01-2011, 02:36 PM | #130 (permalink) |
The Sexual Intellectual
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Getting somewhat back to the original topic I've never ever found myself wanting to live in the U.S.
Seems to me to be the perfect place to live if you have money but if not then you're fucked. Plus I also quite like the idea of subsidised healthcare and not have some bizarre obsession about having some kind of right of owning guns without being labelled a communist, even though in most civilized first world countries it's almost a given.
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