starvingeyes wrote: the government is the leading killer of human beings since the turn of the 20th century, killing over 190 million people in just over 100 years.
starvingeyes wrote:how, in this weaponless society, are you going to prevent the state from dominating you in every respect?
J-Neli wrote:I think you know better than to say that we live in a weaponless society.
And I think you know better than to say that gun control limits access to guns, when all it does is keep track of who has them. We know who in the government has the guns. They wear uniforms. If it is an us versus them situation as you make it sound, isn't the safest mode of preventing domination on either side (whether it is totalitarianism, or revolution/rebellion) is to know who on each side has the weapons. It's the same principle as knowing which countries have the bomb.
Now, if you're suggesting that gun control is a complete limiting of access to guns, what type of force do you expect the government to use that they don't already use? Keep in mind that there is typically a reaction to outlandish behaviour by a government, and considering the size and strength of Canada's armed forces and police, I think they would be fighting a losing battle against a population that was uprising, even without guns (although I'm not too sure where they vanished to?)
In a day and age where governments have less power over their citizens due to neo-liberalism, I think if anything states are losing power over their people, not gaining.
starvingeyes wrote:the open minds in the forum are astounding today.
kathy14 i don't even know who you are so i'm not sure what i could've done to piss you off so much, but please fill me in and i'd love to sort it out with you.
as far as it goes for you nikki, well, don't count on me breaking you out of any concentration camps during the revolution, y'know what i mean?
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