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Jul 18 07 6:57 AM
Quote:But the issue i see as more important is that of the safety of society as a whole, as this is the best way of ensuring that less people are attacked in the first place.
Quote:The thing that people trip about with celebrities having bodyguards isn't that they have them, but it is because they talk about security without guns but then have bodyguards to protect them. It's the hypocritical aspect that burns many people up.
Quote:Also you mentioned Rosie O'Donnell and her children's safety as well as Rebbecca Peterson's safety.
Quote:The problem is they want safety at the expense of the rights of people who desire firearms. They would say, I don't feel safe with you having those guns, so let's take YOUR guns away so i can feel safe. That is what pisses off many shooters.
Quote:But that does not take into account any other information, like why these people feel they need to have guns, as i have explained.
Quote:Would you want someone taking away a right you have for another to feel safe ?
Quote:As my argument goes, it is often better to have a safer enviroment than a place where you can defend yourself and are much more likely to. It is not as simple as that, i know.
Quote:I would just say that many americans have a distorted view of the world regardless of their political views. Also i would say your liberals would probably be conservative in the UK.Here i suppose i am considered a raving liberal, in the UK i am probably considered a conservative liberal, a bit like blair
Quote:It depends, you know, clinton was the only president to be considered a post war non war president. The cold war lasted up till Bush senior and then came clinton, and dubya has gotten the US into one of the two worst war situations in the history of the US (in terms of discontentment of the people, rather than deaths).
Quote:Conspiracy theories are for people who are just bored with life.
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