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"Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."
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Oh, this is a myth thread, isn't it? Remember about unicorns? And did you hear the one about the honest politician? And that one about the lawyer that used to tell the truth?
I could go on, and on, and on...' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
Mascan42
'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
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Re: Hey folks, you remember common sense?
As long as "Drama Sells", this will be a problem.Comment
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It isn't? It looks like the Dodo bird - there used to be plenty back then, but now it seems to be extinct.Originally posted by Jimbo1:335580' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
Mascan42
'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
Ibid
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Re: Hey folks, you remember common sense?
I agree with you a bit there but it doesn't mean we shouldn't use it and doesn't mean it needs to be suspended whenever someone wants t push an agenda.
There was a complaint about the picture. There was another picture that included Stalin. This is what they do when they really really want to push something is crowd a group of children around them."Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."
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Re: Hey folks, you remember common sense?
I find it funny when they tell something that Hitler/Stalin/Mao/Saddam/Osama used to do is bad just because they used to do it. Sure, they were all dictators and they did tremendous bad things, but they also used to eat, and drink, and breathe - where's the numbnuts telling me I shouldn't eat, drink or breathe because Hitler did it?' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
Mascan42
'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
Ibid
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Re: Hey folks, you remember common sense?
The picture is one of those items that makes you not want to stop reading. As soon as you see it, you know where the article is going and you loose all of your credibility in the first half second, without reading a single word.
As to the content; legislation and banning assault rifles will not solve the problem. If there is a market for it, it can and will be obtained.
If the last three incidents were perpetrated with a broadsword, there would be legislation proposed banning broadsword and blacksmiths.
We have too many laws as it is. Situations that should be regulated, are not and vice-verse. Laws cannot address the mental defects of an individual.
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Re: Hey folks, you remember common sense?
The picture.........The picture is one of those items that makes you not want to stop reading. As soon as you see it, you know where the article is going and you loose all of your credibility in the first half second, without reading a single word.
As to the content; legislation and banning assault rifles will not solve the problem. If there is a market for it, it can and will be obtained.
If the last three incidents were perpetrated with a broadsword, there would be legislation proposed banning broadsword and blacksmiths.
We have too many laws as it is. Situations that should be regulated, are not and vice-verse. Laws cannot address the mental defects of an individual.
Folks that is what happened. Like it or don't like it I used the picture so people could see that. I do not......repeat do not....apologize for it. Now I don't know whether you are bothered because he is your guy and the people who voted for him usually try to pin the Hitler tail on the GOP and not the donkey but he did EXACTLY the same thing Barack did before he banned guns. The truth hurts but that is why and only why I used that picture. As for legislation there are all sorts of crimes that go on like that all the time and no...no one proposes legislation against it."Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."
Cdr. William RikerComment
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As someone living in the UK where firearms are not an everyday occurance, I will not pretend to understand the ins and outs of the gun control debate.
What I will say is that while I do see a need for something like a handgun - for protection say. I fail to see a ligitamate reason for someone owning an assult rifle. You can't hunt with it and unless you are in the armed forces in a war zone you don't need one.
The right to bare arms may be a courner stone of the law, but it was written when there was a need for it and firearms technology didn't even invisage a machine gun.
My questions are:
1: Is it time to take note that tech is outpacing human nature to properly control ourselves and so place limits to protect society?
2: Is it time to change view point and say unless there is a valid reason for needing one, should it be illegal to have one - like the UK's shotgun laws?
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