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Rrhain
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Message 11 of 38 (823393)
11-09-2017 4:47 PM


To Mr. Ryan
If thoughts and prayers work (Ryan: Praying the right thing to do after mass shootings because it ‘works’ | The Hill), how come it didn't stop the shooting from taking place?
They were, after all, in a church, sending their thoughts and prayers to god right then and there.

Rrhain

Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.

Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.

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Rrhain
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Message 36 of 38 (823803)
11-17-2017 4:42 AM
Reply to: Message 19 by Phat
11-13-2017 11:06 AM


Re: Guns Pro and Con
Phat writes:
quote:
And yet if we enact laws to outlaw gun ownership, the critic's standard reply is that the outlaws (or dictatorships or organized criminals) will still have guns and that the average citizen has no weapon against them.
Strange how all those other countries that restrict guns more severely than we do don't seem to have a rash of criminals wielding guns. If controlling guns means only criminals have guns, why aren't all the criminals going to the countries that control guns?
Only the US has a mass shooting (meaning four or more people wounded and/or killed) nearly every single day. Is that what is meant by "American exceptionalism"?
quote:
Just in the recent shooting in Texas, only a quick-acting neighbor with a gun was able to stop the killer from causing more collateral damage.
Hmmm...and if he didn't have a gun in the first place, nobody would have been shot in the first place.

Rrhain

Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.

Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.

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Rrhain
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Message 37 of 38 (823804)
11-17-2017 4:49 AM
Reply to: Message 26 by Phat
11-14-2017 11:25 PM


Re: Guns Pro and Con
Phat writes:
quote:
The state should not meddle in peoples freedoms and rights.
First: You have the right to kill people?
Second: The state most definitely *should* meddle for no right is absolute. See the first point.
After all, the Second Amendment directly and specifically states that your right to own a gun is in relation to the need for a "well-regulated" militia.
Exactly where do you think that "well-regulated" part is going to come from? That's right: The government.
The Second Amendment directly and specifically states that the government is going to tell you what it is you can and cannot do with a gun. The Supreme Court's decision that your right to own a gun was a personal right was literally predicated upon the idea that the "well-regulated" part didn't actually mean anything and is to be ignored.
Your libertarian claptrap is showing, Phat. You seem to be of the opinion that you are an island and anybody who gets hurt by your actions only has themselves to blame.
I seem to recall something in your religious text about being your "brother's keeper." Your actions have consequences and thus, you are beholden to the people around you. No freedom is absolute. No right is absolute.

Rrhain

Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.

Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.

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