Tad bit paranoid arn't you?
I can understand both sides of the issue, but I don't see protection from a regime to be a good reason. I think the chances of a menacing state such as you fear becoming a reality is very slim in Canada. If it ever did happen, I would be one of the first to join a resistance, but I don't see that happening.
Not to say our governement is perfect, far from it. It's corrupt, bigoted, violent and destructive. But as of now, it's one of the better ones in the world, and there are few other realistic alternatives. Democracy is the government that affords the most freedom to it's citizens, and although greatly flawed and possibly in need of reformatting, human beings are pack animals who work best in organised groups. I understand the basic's of Anarchy, and like socialism on paper it looks perfect. But implementing it in reality is near immpossble at this stage of human evolution. So while I agree that Anarchy would afford the most freedom to us, it's immpossible to use in the real world.
I think that a society should not have access to devastating lethal weapons such as guns period. A nation in my view, would only need a small armed military for the protection of it's borders only, under the control of the population. Of course, like Anarchy this idea doesn't hold up either, because it's immpossible to stop illegal weapons from sneaking in, and ruining the whole balance. Therefore, I say that we limit as much as possible access to weapons, and slowly scale back police force weapons as times change.
I know I've been all over the place with that one, I've just been writing as it comes to me. But I'd like Chris to explain how one would keep human beings from classifying themselves, and forming into organized groups. [/b]
Speaking of gun control..
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by I AM ME » 4/3/2006, 1:07 pm
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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by starvingeyes » 4/3/2006, 3:05 pm
actually, the statistician who compiled the figures is talking only about "murder by government"- either the direct killing of a person by the state or someone working for it, or by the state creating circumstances that lead to inevitable death (stalin deporting people to siberia etc, wrongful imprisonment which leads to death etc.)
in fact, when i said you are more likely to be killed by the state than by homicide, traffic accident and alcohol combined, i was OMITTING the word "war" from that sentance, which appears on the original document. i consider war to be government killing, so i include it.
read all about it.
in fact, when i said you are more likely to be killed by the state than by homicide, traffic accident and alcohol combined, i was OMITTING the word "war" from that sentance, which appears on the original document. i consider war to be government killing, so i include it.
read all about it.
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Re: Speaking of gun control..
by nelison » 4/3/2006, 4:01 pm
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I can't wait until the day schools are over-funded and the military is forced to hold bake sales to buy planes.
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