Metaltastic
Member
- Feb 20, 2005
- 19,929
- 1
- 36
Yeah bro, Mengele was a monster. Oh, and he lived a comfy existence for years after the war. How is that fair?
-Joe
Who's Mengele? Is he a figure in the book? Cuz I'm only on page 55 so far
Yeah bro, Mengele was a monster. Oh, and he lived a comfy existence for years after the war. How is that fair?
-Joe
In fairness? What fairness? How can you possibly compare the two situations? Both are equally horrible.
I know there are a lot of anti-gun peeps here, but if I didn't live in NJ I would have my concealed carry permit in a heartbeat. Fuck political correctness and fuck having faith in people...there are evil pieces of shit out there that will kill you for your wallet. I wouldn't want to be one of their victims.
Who's Mengele? Is he a figure in the book? Cuz I'm only on page 55 so far
C'mon, i'm not trying to be a dick here at all but you cant compare millions of people being systimatically murdered to a kid surviving having the shit beat out of him. one situation is a lot worse than the other.
what happened to the kid was seriously uncool, seriously, but still, a little perspective people.
with the level of anger and twitch-reactions on display here how can anyone wonder why horrible things happen?
Who's Mengele? Is he a figure in the book? Cuz I'm only on page 55 so far
Who's Mengele? Is he a figure in the book? Cuz I'm only on page 55 so far
C'mon, i'm not trying to be a dick here at all but you cant compare millions of people being systimatically murdered to a kid surviving having the shit beat out of him. one situation is a lot worse than the other.
what happened to the kid was seriously uncool, seriously, but still, a little perspective people.
with the level of anger and twitch-reactions on display here how can anyone wonder why horrible things happen?
Öwen;8207533 said:Oh absolutely, I'm one of those anti-gun peeps but if dangerous folks were out there touting firearms freely then I'd have no hesitation in getting one myself.
Sure there's a morality issue, but if I was ever in danger from a similar sort of thing I'd put my natural instict to survive over any adopted sense of morality.
Having said this, I live in a country where guns are illegal, so I don't have to worry about this sort of thing, but certainly in that position I'd have no hesitation.
I'm not trying to justify anything, just making an appeal for a sober and rational analysis of the situation.Hmmm maybe there was a slight misunderstanding here. I misread part of your post, but my point is:
Why try to justify one situation being more fucked up than the other? Both suck, both are pretty horrible.
The Holocaust was one point in history and child abuse is an all to common thing that happens every day in this country and abroad.
I don't think it's sensible to try to say one is "worse" than the other.
-Joe
I'm not trying to justify anything, just making an appeal for a sober and rational analysis of the situation.
we've already had one lad saying he wants to harm people because of his reaction to the child abuse case.
probably not serious but it screams irony.
I'm just pointing out that when people get angry and worked up in a country with easy access to guns and profess a desire to hurt people, then its easy to see how human beings end up hurting each other
Personally, I find it hilarious that so many people, especially americans, feel that they're safe if they have a gun. I guess this discussion has been done to death in the states already but it just keeps going in circles. The more guns there are, the bigger risk of them being used, as opposed to if there were no guns at all, there would be no risks of them being used at all.
Öwen;8207638 said:Yeah, well theres no doubt that availability perpetuates the problem. But if I was in a country where they were legal and that wasnt about to change soon I'd want to have one to protect myself from all the nutters who had no doubt got their hands on them. I think they're wrong but in a scenario like that I'd have to put my own safety first.
Strictly speaking the American constitution only says people should have guns as part of an "armed militia" - so I'd say that puts doubt to the fact that people were originally intended have a singular ownership of guns in the States anyway.
Öwen;8207638 said:Yeah, well theres no doubt that availability perpetuates the problem. But if I was in a country where they were legal and that wasnt about to change soon I'd want to have one to protect myself from all the nutters who had no doubt got their hands on them. I think they're wrong but in a scenario like that I'd have to put my own safety first.
Strictly speaking the American constitution only says people should have guns as part of an "armed militia" - so I'd say that puts doubt to the fact that people were originally intended have a singular ownership of guns in the States anyway.
Oh sorry, I missed the part that you meant it's "good" to have a gun if it's legal. Of course, if everybody else has a gun, then you might as well too... as bad as it might be but still. I agree with ya, I think I would get a gun too if I was to live in USA for example.
I'm not great on US gun laws but are you allowed to carry your weapons outside of your house also, or is it meant to be kept only in your house, for defense?
Concealed owners for the most part are obsessed with safety and aren't a bunch of nuts running around with shotguns strapped to their backs, haha.