[MUD-Dev] Star Wars Galaxies: 1 character per server

[shren]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Vincent Archer wrote:
> According to Matt Mihaly:
>> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Justin Stocks wrote:
 
>>> You don't see the American Government taking away guns because a
>>> couple of people shot a couple of other people, do you? 
>>> According to SOE's policy, we should.
  
>> You do, however, see most other western governments taking guns
>> away from people because a couple of people shot other people.

> Most other governments don't have that specific US problem because
> they never allowed unrestrained possession of firearms by their
> citizens in the first place.
 
> And 99% of the people in Europe are unable to understand that US
> specificity. Or madness.

Considering how armed the Swiss are, (doesn't every adult male have
a gun there?) it all comes down to social factors.  Americans are an
aggressive lot, and if you can't balance aggression with intellect
and morality then owning a gun is a very bad thing.  Gun violence is
a symptom of societal inequality, and the guns are not themselves
the cause.  Remove the guns and you still have a problem.

But, look, arguments about gun violence are like chess, in that the
opening book is all laid out.  "White : Second Ammendment to Second
Ammendment Four.  Black : Remnants of Brutality to Remants of
Brutality Four.  White: Swiss Gun Ownership from B1 to C3."  And
there's no way that you'll get through the predictable opening book
that we've all seen before before you get modded off topic, so could
we just not start?


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