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Lotta_Drool wrote:

Some people have a hard time imagining being at the scene of a mass shooting with a bunch of bodies lying around.  The sheep just pictures a guy laying on the ground with a couple people on him, not the fact that people are bleeding out everywhere and the screaming and the shooting and the crying.

Yeah sheep, you would grab the gun and take the safety off if you see people getting murdered, 22 of them I think. And yes, you would imediately think about returning fire on the person killing everyone around you. 

or Oh look, there is an 8 year old blowing blood bubbles gasping for breath in convulsions. I think I'll wet myself now and black out.

meh.

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

The politicization of this country over the past 11 years is fucking ridiculous. Maybe I was too young at the time and never noticed it was always like this, but I blame it on the rise of the 24 hour news channels and the zombies they have spawned. They make it seem like everyone is at each others throats but in reality it's like 15% Dem and 15% Rep yelling at each other while the other 70% of us wave middle fingers at both of them

Pretty much...  One of the bigger problems with our system is that, at most, only 60% of the electorate votes, so appealing to wingnuts will get you a lot of power.

I don't vote because my vote is drowned out by the rejects of society and I don't want to have to dodge jury duty and shit.

The US should have simple voting requirements.  1. highschool diploma or GED.  2. Current or Previous Military Service.  3. A fulltime Job that is not funded by taxes.

This would fix all problems with the US government is record time.

Macbeth wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

Pretty much...  One of the bigger problems with our system is that, at most, only 60% of the electorate votes, so appealing to wingnuts will get you a lot of power.

I don't vote because my vote is drowned out by the rejects of society and I don't want to have to dodge jury duty and shit.

The US should have simple voting requirements.  1. highschool diploma or GED.  2. Current or Previous Military Service.  3. A fulltime Job that is not funded by taxes.

This would fix all problems with the US government is record time.

No it would make them worse. Disenfranchising a large portion of society is an excellent way for a government to lose legitimacy and for politics to become more extreme.

Going by your system every person who was fortunate enough to not have to join the military and instead were able to go to college after HS would be penalized for either being smart enough to get great grades or penalized for not being poor.

Also everyone who doesn't work 40 hours a week but still manages to produce high incomes (some investors, designers, entertainers, executives etc.) would lose their ability to vote despite being important parts of their communities and the fields.

Screw the "only former military gets to vote" shit. The vast majority of people who join do it only to get out of their socioeconomic class. Fuck the stupid ass reverence to the military.

Last edited by Hunter/Jumper (2011-01-11 13:03:27)

presidentsheep wrote:

Option D: learn the difference between the alphabet and numbers then move to a country where I don't risk getting shot.

Just out of curiosity, how many of you have actually been in the situation where you've shot someone? Or are you just basing your reaction on hours clocked up on video games and penis waggling internet bravado?

lowing wrote:

JahManRed wrote:

I have no problems with a kid learning how to hunt. My dad taught me how to hunt. But I cannot epahise the importance he put on respecting the gun. (my uncle killed himself by leaning his gun on a fence. Climbing the fence. The barb wire pulled the trigger and shot him dead) He taught me to repsect your prey. He made me skin and gut the mountain Goat I shot. I had to follow the whole thing through. I had to see what I shot up close, I had to watch its last breath, carry it soaking myself in blood. It all had a profound effect on me. Pulling the trigger was the easy part. Its what happens after that has a lasting effect. You can train people to pull the trigger, but what happens after................

I do not hunt.

If you are unfortunate enough to have to defend yourself with deadly force, you can take comfort in the fact that you are alive to feel bad about it.

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

Reality ?

presidentsheep wrote:

So can everyone in America just agree to stop carrying guns around now and carry smoke alarms instead?