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Re: National vote on handguns?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 03:03:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Enrique Durand writes:
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> > You are absolutely right. In fact, why stop there? Since so many crimes
> > involve cars (have you ever heard of a get-away bicycle), we should ban • private
> > ownership of cars as well. And since the right to drive is not guaranteed
> > anywhere in the Constitution, we don't even have to vote on it. It could just • be
> > decreed.
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> You know what? Not all crimes involve guns. Not all crimes involve cars. But
> ALL crimes involve brains. If we made it illegal to possess a brain, ALL crime
> would stop. We could remove brains from children as they are born, and within
> about eighty years, we'd have no more crime. For all time! A permanent peace
> would decend on the world and our ten thousand year crime spree would finally
> end.
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> Chris
Chris brings up a good point in sarcastic kind of way; Is man capable of
living in a crime free society? Think back to the story of Eden, only two
people and they too committed a crime even though they were living the
"perfect" life. I think it's just part of human nature to make bad choices,
and no matter how many laws or rules we apply, we can't control human nature.
Really all we can do is make sure there are consequences for one's actions,
and that they are applied as evenly as possible.
jt
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| This somewhat illustrates one of my points in the Brave New World thread... cloning advances seem to be on a parallel with population control, and may eventually serve to eradicate individualism. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) private (...) be (...) You know what? Not all crimes involve guns. Not all crimes involve cars. But ALL crimes involve brains. If we made it illegal to possess a brain, ALL crime would stop. We could remove brains from children as they are (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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