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Comment on Gun ownership and murder rates by Daniel Rivera

Daniel Rivera — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:10:16 +0000

My personal opinion on guns is that they aren’t the problem; the real problem are morons with guns. I am 100% sure that if either I or Bob or almost everyone I know had a gun in their possession, we still wouldn’t commit any crimes. Gun control ought to exist to deny ownership to the mentally and socially ill, those who would use them to shoot another person at the first indiscretion, etc.

I had a friend who was a 100% Certified Gun Nut. He lived and breathed bullets and gun powder. Yet when I asked him what he would do if someone walked up to him with a gun and asked him for his wallet, he said that the very last thing he would let his assailant know is that he had a gun too. Thing is, that a-hole had his gun drawn and pointed at him first. At the first glimpse of a threat, he’d likely open fire and then it wouldn’t matter whether or not he owned a gun.

And I guess that’s the whole fallacy that just simply by owning a gun you are infinitely safer. You may be better armed than Rambo, but if you get shot first, then you’re as unprotected as someone that is disarmed. Gun ownership ought to be reserved to those with the capacity to understand its responsibilities.

Comment on Gun ownership and murder rates by Daniel Rivera

Daniel Rivera — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:57:28 +0000

LOL. Woody, you’re a fucking moron and a complete tool.

Before moving to the States in 2008 I went for a semester as an exchange student in a small town in southern Minnesota. Every single fucking time I went out, most of my white, blond-haired friends ended up piss drunk and some even went out driving.

Comment on Gun ownership and murder rates by Daniel Rivera

Daniel Rivera — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:53:46 +0000

The most sensible reply in this bunch!

The USA as a nation has always searched for someone to blame for their problems. They blamed comic books, TV, movies, video games, rap music, heavy metal, etc. when all we needed to blame was poor parenting skills and indifference.

Comment on Sea change. Facebook more popular than Google in US by Daniel Rivera

Daniel Rivera — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:35:33 +0000

Not sure how I feel about this. What if 50% of this Facebook traffic is for FarmVille? It would be outrageous.

Comment on The current Vatican death throes by Ten Bears

Ten Bears — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:51:37 +0000

Dating to their conflict as Knights Templar, Illuminati have always been “a dark and secretive conspiracy led by Free Masons who want to bring the church down.”

Can we burn the church now?

Comment on Gun ownership and murder rates by DJ

DJ — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:40:51 +0000

OK, I have steered away from this topic long enough: there is a higher rate of gun violence by African Americans than whites, but it’s not as high as some would suggest. For example, FBI statistics show that 37% of murders in 2008 were committed by African Americans, 32% by whites, 2% other, and 29% unknown.

My own research shows that there is also a *slight* correlation between the demographics of a state and its rate of gun violence– there is a more distinct correlation between poverty rates and gun violence. But Jeff and others are clearly exaggerating when they suggest that the vast majority of gun violence is committed by minorities– a casual look at the statistics (not to mention your average prison population) will show that’s not true.

Comment on Finally, underwear made from bananas by DJ

DJ — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:26:24 +0000

In India, they make a lot of products from banana fiber. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone used it to make skivvies.

Comment on Gun ownership and murder rates by jeff

jeff — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:33:53 +0000

not to be racist but if you really pay attention its 90 % minorities committing murders . look at the show on the a&e channel , THE FIRST 48. almost all murders committed are by non whites . its just a simple fact. blame it on ”poverty” if youd like but what is apparent to anyone with common sense it its these parasites to blame. not guns . without guns what would a law abiding citizen protect themselves with against a criminal who would illegally possess a gun anyways?

Comment on Finally, underwear made from bananas by Sue

Sue — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:25:46 +0000

This isn’t new! The banananarians have been doing it for years.

Comment on Lehman bankruptcy fraud report. Massive explosions already felt. More coming by willymack

willymack — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:22:16 +0000

Capitalism may or may not have been a good thing once upon a time. One thing for certain is its ability to generate vast wealth. Another is the lopsided distribution of that wealth, with most of those who did the real work to generate it on the short side, and in effect, little more than glorified slaves.
Whether or not it was somehow good in the beginning, is moot. What we have now is a corporate/military monster rampaging through our nation and steamrolling over everything in its path.
Those “captains of industry” and “pillars of the community” are nothing less than racketeers, completely lacking morals, scruples, or anything resembling ethical behavior.
The only difference between them and the criminal gangs called the MOB is their label.