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Re: An armed society...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:29:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > My point being that to consider it "a necessary evil and be done with it"
> > > > discounts the possibility of it ever changing, and that would be pretty
> > > > short-sighted, even for US citizens.
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> > > Head-on disagreement here. I think it would be short-sighted for anyone not
> > > bearing arms to think of themselves as being free. It is said that "freemen
> > > bear arms" because it is both a freedom and duty of one that wishes to
> > > remain free.
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> > What if a society is mature enough to decide that guns have no place in the
> > community? Is that society no longer "free"?
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> > Scott A
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> Of course they're still free... until someone comes and takes that freedom
> away. Then those "free" people might wish they had the means to keep that
> freedom.
Strange that you view that as an eventuality rather than a possibility. I
prefer life in a society where we are able to take the decision to live
largely without guns. Earlier, somebody said they needed a gun for
protection from the big bad government and his neighbours. That does not
sound like freedom to me – it sounds like the exact opposite. I prefer to
keep Lego under my bed – not a gun. How about you? ;)
Scott A
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| (...) <snip> (...) Yes, it is an eventuality. History repeats itself. Slavery in America would have been far different (and purhaps nonexistent) had the Africans been armed. The Jews may have avoided the Holocaust. An entire nation may not have been (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But we need guns to prevent crime, right? Oh, wait... According to (URL)Most people took multiple precautions during the last year to protect (...) So it's a good thing we need to protect ourselves from the Guvmint--otherwise we wouldn't have (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Of course they're still free... until someone comes and takes that freedom away. Then those "free" people might wish they had the means to keep that freedom. (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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