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by James
Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Secularism
Replies: 26
Views: 8314

Re: Secularism

by James
Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

by James
Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Socialism
Replies: 248
Views: 37649

Re: Socialism

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/campaign-stops/all-politicians-lie-some-lie-more-than-others.html?referer=&_r=0 Pants on fire! It's the liberal news paper! For socialism and architecture combined, and something that's been around for a decent amount of time, http://www.governing.co...
by James
Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Socialism
Replies: 248
Views: 37649

Re: Socialism

I am swamped with a studio project this weekend so the volumes I want to write in light of the recent postings on this thread will have to remain in brain. But Betsy is right, socialism has the capacity to be very broad and many principles associated with it are good principles. Using Ian's definiti...
by James
Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

by James
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Edward said, "Why on EARTH would we EVER want to de-militarise our police force???" The police has only been militarized in recent times. A militarized police force is one that is armed with military style weapons, tanks, etc. several years ago a program was started in which the military c...
by James
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Edward said, "Why on EARTH would we EVER want to de-militarise our police force???" The police has only been militarized in recent times. A militarized police force is one that is armed with military style weapons, tanks, etc. several years ago a program was started in which the military c...
by James
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Edward wrote, "What about other people's natures, heritage, and reasoning? Are they inferior to yours? Do their conclusions not count because they disagree with yours?" Edward, I feel that to you, my description of my orientation came off as pretentious, prideful, pompous, or dismissive. T...
by James
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Edward said, "James, you are asking questions that have been answered time and time again throughout this thread. You may not like them or agree with them, but at least do the courtesy of reading what has been said before asking people to repeat information that has been discussed multiple time...
by James
Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

agreed. also, how are we supposed to de-militarise our police force if we are militarized?
by James
Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

any gun shooters in this conversation? I have handled rifles, hand guns, shotguns, and held (not shot) a military style assault rifle. My uncle (not George) used to keep a Russian assault rifle, loaded and ready to shoot with its 40 round magazine under a guest bed at my grandmas house. Like any lit...
by James
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Strange question? Where am I going with it? Okay I will answer the question. No. education is important and so are laws. I don't have a problem with closing gun show loophole and with an assault rifle ban. Assault rifles are different than hand guns because of their power, magazine capacity etc. the...
by James
Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Betsy, are you against education on the topic of violence? Do you think that the common sense gun laws are all we need ?
by James
Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

I'd fight a guy with a lead pipe. And if I had a couple of friends we could take him down. But a guy with an assault rifle? Not so much. Edward, does closing loopholes, or banning assault rifles make law making more important than education?
Should machine guns be made legal?
by James
Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97269

Re: Gun Control

Edward said "but since we are the government, I can't be against US ..."

Sure you can!