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Right now, with little known facts, it is all about amping up the gun debate again as well as criticizing Va. Tech administration (see O'Reilly), which is not where the focus should be, but it is the world we live in.
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04-17-2007, 02:05 PM | #12 |
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I guess it is the knee jerk reaction in our society today is to immediately place blame on someone, some institution or entity so that there is a target to which all the anger, grief and pain can be directed.
This again illustrates some of the fallacies of our society. 1) Government is based upon social contract where we give up freedoms and rights in order to live in a governed and orderly society. One of the rights that is being assailed more often now is the right to protect ourselves. Plain and simple, the government cannot and in some cases will not protect us. They cannot be omnipresent, nor do we want them to be. The responsibility to protect ourselves and our families falls upon the shoulders of the individual. In many states now, law abiding citizens can take advantage of laws that facilitate this in an orderly manner. Some would argue that there should be no infringement upon this right, ala Vermont! 2) Life is cheap, a 2 cent bullet is all it is worth, so make the most of it. |
04-17-2007, 03:20 PM | #13 |
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I've hesistated bringing this up but thought I would add a thought from my real life experience of a random act of violence.
I've often wondered many times whether me carrying a concealed weapon the night I was jumped by 2 thugs would've helped or hindered me. Honestly, I just don't know. It un-nerves me to recall that day and think about what would've happened if the violence had escalated to the level of gunfire. I just don't know how different the situation would've been or how I would've reacted. Were it to happen again I still don't know how I'd realy react. The incident bothered me for quite awhile. I have never owned a gun in my life, and not sure if I will. The thought of going through the education and process of getting a concealed weapons permit has crossed my mind many times since then and I've yet to act on that. Someday I might. At the same time I'm all for the rights of the 2nd Ammendment.
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I'll add that Americans live in their own fantasy world of simulated violence; they get their jollies through Quentin Tarantino and Martin Schorseze and violent computer games while deluding themselves that the fundamental fact prevailing through human history of human existance being ultimately fraught with violence has somehow come to an end. They irony is their failure to understand the allure of The Departed, the Sopranos, Pulp Fiction, etc. So much of white America is an illusion pure and simple.
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Here is some bio info on the victims... tragic ... http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/17/vte...ims/index.html |
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