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(...) To my mind the difference is that pens, pencils, screwdrivers, baseball bats etc have a primary purpose which does not involve maiming or death. I would trust a six year old with a pencil. If you want to own a machine that is explicitly (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) More specifically, why should the child be given greater consideration than a more-or-less arbitrarily chosen man? Remember--in this thought experiment we're not discussing a man who has agreed knowingly to act as the father-figure for the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <opinion> So I guess that means you want to register bows, arrows, slingshots, BB guns, pens, pencils, screwdrivers, baseball bats, golf clubs, mixing spoons, sticks, branches, etc, etc, etc... After all, these are all dangerous too - you can (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks. I will argue the point of owning guns for protection no further. I personally don't agree with some of the opinions expressed in the www.handguncontrol.com article, but I can't argue with statistics - because one can always argue the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ideally everyone would be happy - however that would mean that there IS no minority because if both were represented all of our interests would be the. Since that isn't the case a democratic government is in place to represent the majority - (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why? Chris (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) to (...) faithfullness, (...) It sounds like you are saying that the crux of the moral status of marriage comes from: fidelity, duty, and commitment. How does fidelity work in a culture which accepts polygamous marriage as the norm? Is the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bill doesn't give supportable or reasonable reasons. He said it's wrong "Because it causes all manner of hurt and confusion on so many levels...[and] because innocent people get hurt." And the entirety of the rest of my note addressed exactly (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I certainly don't believe that infidelity should be rewarded. The conflict arises because while people SHOULD act responsibly, unfortunately that doesn't always happen. And if we are dealing with consequences of an act of irresponsibility that (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No problem. These two: (URL) I found here: (URL) (...) That's too bad. (...) But what really would be the price. My life is not empty without a gun. I do not live in fear. (...) It is weak. (...) The two things are related. (...) I agree. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well there are restriction on knife sales and use in the UK, but that is another issue. (...) Guns are intended to kill. They offer a user a rather remote way to kill a person in an instant. No struggle. No blood on the user. Just death. Scott (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd argue is has to represent both the minority & the majority. Scott A (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Could you please cite the source of your statistics? (...) No, you are incorrect. Guns have no place in YOUR day to day life. Where I live, guns play a big part in MANY people's day to day life. (...) So for the sake of those imbeciles (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) WHOA! Hold on one Second here.....I'm still debating the original issue - that is that gun control will do absolutely nothing to stop crime ---- I fully agree that guns are often used as weapons because they are in fact so effective...no doubt (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Uhh....I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you on that one Scott.....a democracy is the government representing the MAJORITY.....not the MINORITY. (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Protection against who? You are most likely to be killed with those youlive with - how many of those are from legally held/bought guns? In the USA only 2% of gun deaths are legally justifiable. In the USA 50-100 0-4 year old kids are shot and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why not? They have no place in society. (...) They are not hurting me as I do not live in that sort of culture. If I did, I expect they would "hurt" me in some small way. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not on every issue. (...) That is all part of democracy Tom. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My thoughts 100%. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How many people are murdered with TV's? Scott A (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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