Gun Control, Mental healthcare, big brother... thread

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  1. magnifier661

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    The right to protest is a form of democracy. Do you speed? I guess you aren't passionate about democracy either. Your logic is flawed...

    They broke the law and probably going to get punished. The story is the sign of protest of the government taking civil liberties away.
     
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    I'm passionate about humanity ...I also try to keep nationalism in perspective. I imagine a vastly changed structure in the distant future...now, it was a mess when I was born and will be when I die....probably without my jetpack. Sneering in general is pretty much the opposite of civil behavior but we have the liberty to sneer. I think it gets in the way. People are going to go at it and think being loud makes them right, or being tougher makes them invulnerable. Killing two people because I get punched and mugged and thinking that's a great ending is kind of what worries me.
     
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    Im passionate about humanity as well. I think we should be more concerned with pharma companies lobbying bans on natural remedies because they can't patent it for profit. I like fighting for all civil liberties because they were designed to protect a melting pot of ideology. I don't like abortion, but I agree that government cannot force one to make a choice they don't want to do. I support gay marriage because that's our civil right as well.

    It's when groups pick and choose (both establishments do it) is when unity is not possible. I wish political parties didn't exist because they've really fucked things up.
     
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    I did. That's why I then googled it.
     
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    Mags needs to learn how to google and how to make a coherent argument.

    Did I say mags? I meant SlyPokerDog.
     
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    Nope. You had it right the first time.....
     
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    The government didn't take anything away. This is what the voters in Washington voted for:

     
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    Have you answered why you aren't passionate about democracy by speeding?

    Um... The vote doesn't warrant protest. There was a law that women couldn't vote and women protest, even got arrested. Are you against the freedom to protest and freedom of assembly?
     
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    This guy wasn't
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    welcome to the world of world news...is there a visa required to talk about protest outside the US or would you just rather not contemplate the issue?
     
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    They're protesting that they can no longer sell guns to criminals, wife beaters, illegals and terrorists privately. They're protesting over private sales background checks.

    And as far as your speeding analogy goes, that's the same as being against the speed limit so you drive 100mph in front of a grade school. "Hey, the speed limit is 15mph there, this will really show them!"
     
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    No it's like going 5 miles over the speed limit because you really don't want to follow the law.

    Could a highway patrol give you a ticket for going over 5 miles over the speed limit?
     
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    China doesn't have a constitution that allows its citizens to protest. Try again...
     
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    That young man died..he tried to protest exactly that and this is how you respond? Humanitarian passion? I need to post this on the oxymoron thread
     
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    You are arguing my "protesting in America" with protests in China. It's a tragedy, but if that happened in the US, heads in the government would roll.
     
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