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Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:38:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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What it does do is reduce the number of fatalities/injuries from bullets.
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Lots of things can kill you -- like automobiles for example. We keep dangerous
things around because they are useful -- like automobiles for example. People
can be taught to use dangerous yet useful things without harm to anyone, or at
least with greatly reduced risk to others -- like automobiles for example.
How is a gun any different?
You might argue that the apparent utility of the gun does not compensate
sufficiently for it’s supposed danger to others -- but that’s about all you can
say about it. We would rate it’s utility differently -- and that is the crux of
the disagreement. You cannot imagine a use for a gun that outweighs its risk to
others. I believe that the mere presence of guns in the hands of the many keeps
fascism and totalitarianism at bay, while at the same time protecting people in
their homes.
Freed slaves learned quickly that freemen beared arms. While it is said that
many slaves lived good lives as slaves, let’s not forget that putting a slave to
the whip or selling off his/her loved ones was not an uncommon practice. How
could such a thing happen? Because we allowed the existence of a class of
persons for whom civil liberties did not exist. When they were freed, they
learned that they sometimes had to back up their newfound freedoms with
exclamation point provided by a gun or rifle.
And Kooties, aren’t you the one to so readily see the madness of the current
infection residing in the White House? Why should I be keen to give up my last
security measure against tyranny? The pendulum has swung a little too favorably
in the direction of the politically elite for me to be comfortable giving up my
guns at this time.
I understand your arguments about guns, and I am not without sympathy. Sadly we
live in a world where guns mean freedom -- the last hope of preventing political
enslavement.
Why don’t you go tell the Iraqis to drop their weapons. Without guns, the U.S.
too would be ripe for the plucking. Really, it’s as simple as that.
Might doesn’t make right, but an equalizer levels the playing field. Even a guy
with nuke in his briefcase can be killed with one bullet to the head.
-- Hop-Frog
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