Some rights are not worth having. If the right to have a gun effectively translates into the right to live in a more violent society and thus the right to suffer a greater risk of harm therein, you can take that right and stick it where the sun don't shine (with all due respect). — Baden
For the Americans all of their rights are connected and erosion of one might lead to complete removal of others. For them it is all or nothing, and they don't want nothing. — Sir2u
So, slippery slope fallacy and false dilemma. — Sapientia
Let's not propagate this unreasonable belief. — Sapientia
I thought you said that you were finished with the discussion. But you keep on talking rubbish. — Sir2u
By the way, I notice that your spelling and grammar are showing signs of improvement. Perhaps my grammar policing has had an effect, after all. Keep up the good work. — Sapientia
I just hope ArguingWAristotleTiff didn't see that last comment. I'd much rather we talked about pumpkins. :) — Baden
Why don't you give your dog beef bones? a 6 inch marrow bone has nutritious marrow (which your dog will lick out of the bone in a day or two) and then the bone will last quite a long time--years. Most dogs won't be able to crush the bones (they're pretty thick) so there won't be bone splinters in their gut. — Bitter Crank
Better get some specialized knife dodging training. Axe block, compromise your footing, joint lock, double back flip. — Wosret
Congratulations on your anniversary. — Bitter Crank
I lived under a dumpster where grey dumpster stew would pour into my mouth — Hanover
My point: If fate should have it that you will be the chosen soul to have the last word, don't strive for profound or even loving, but instead for the most divine of all traits. Creativity. The first thing God did was create, after all. Make it your last. — Hanover
Doesn't anyone else play violent video games, or saw someone shot on tv? The police basically are the only ones that are going to warn you that they have a weapon, if their plan is to actually use it. If someone was planning to shot or knife you, then you wouldn't know that until bullets or knives were already inside your body.
If someone shows you a weapon, that means that they don't plan to kill you with it, they plan to intimidate you with it, and if you've taken some moron gun or knife defense course, and figure that you'll just take it from them, then your plan is to escalate the situation, rather than deescalate. Maybe you do get it from them, maybe you do, but there is also a good chance that you don't, and just get yourself killed for no reason instead. — Wosret
↪Hanover ↪Wosret ↪Sir2u ↪Baden
Thank you for making me laugh, recalibrating my thoughts and feelings about issues close to my heart. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
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