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Post by whollygoats on Dec 22, 2015 2:24:06 GMT
You see, juju, there are lots of Americans like yooperguy. They live out in the scarce regions and close to the land....it's a big continent. A gun was, and is, a tool. They treat it as such and appreciate the ability to own and properly use such a tool. That means it comes with another conservative stalwart, responsibility. In this case, individual responsibility, I would guess. Common sense.
What we see in modern America, usually in the more urbanized areas, where the unhinged can live off each others' psychoses, is masses of irresponsible individuals who mistakenly believe that owning a firearm will somehow protect them...when all evidence is quite the opposite. This is fed by the mass media. Most people who have firearms need training and never get it. Many, many more need to not have firearms at all. These people consider firearms to be some kind of toy. Toys are sold to make money.
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Post by spaceflower on Dec 23, 2015 15:50:07 GMT
I get the notion that most Americians have a spicial religion called "The Second Amendment". This religion means that you should have the right to own as many weapons you want. And like all religious people, they are not interested in reason (like that we live in another society today with more advanced guns). Religions are all about faith, not about logic.
And when I feel bitter, I say "Americans love their weapons more than their children". Though that's unfair of course, they don't expect that their own children will be killed.
Also, those people who are against abortions b/c "life is holy", support the death penalty. They also find it perfectly acceptable to kill off burglars or anyone trespasing "stand your ground".
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Post by Moose on Dec 23, 2015 19:51:02 GMT
Well I dunno .. Trump is polling very highly
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Post by yooperguy on Dec 30, 2015 19:47:57 GMT
Oh my, your making us appear to be savages. We are no different than anyone else, we just have a different set of ideals. If we were sitting around visiting you would see no difference between us.
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Post by tangent on Dec 30, 2015 21:18:16 GMT
Oh my, your making us appear to be savages. Circumstances can do that. In Lord of the Flies, a group of boys quickly become savages. We know that, individually, Americans are good people just like the rest of us but collectively, under certain circumstances, questions gave to be asked. Same with us here, I guess, but we just don't see it.
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 30, 2015 22:30:38 GMT
Oh my, your making us appear to be savages. We are no different than anyone else, we just have a different set of ideals. If we were sitting around visiting you would see no difference between us. Yes, they would. They would note that you talk funny.
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