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Christian Graus wrote: The issue is a society awash with 'legal' guns
No, what's at issue is a society where we believe that the people are the final check on government power.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I agree. The sheer idiocy of thinking that gun ownership is some sort of check on the government, is depressing in a people who show other signs of being intelligent. It's essentially a religion, something otherwise rational people believe blindly.
Christian Graus
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And you show signs of being intelligent, which I why I expected better than an ad-hominem attack.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I guess you're right!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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*grin* and it's always good to remember that such things cut both ways.
Christian Graus
My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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I'm going to get flamed for this for sure, but I always fail to grasp the reason of carrying fire arms even after being thrown with countless arguments.
I can, to some degree, understand you have one at home, near your bedside eg.
But why on the street, in schools, or any public place for that matter?
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It's July 20, 2012 you're sitting in a movie theater in Aurora, CO and a gunman walks in and starts shooting, since you don't carry a weapon would you rather be sitting next to someone that had a gun or would you just hide and hope he either ran out of ammo, got tired or someone with a gun showed up?
In this day and time you don't know where danger lurks and if you're not ready for it you're a victim.
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See, we don't have that problem here ... 
Yes we do have a shooting, once every X years, we also have lunatics. But the number of crazy persons with a gun is lower in Europe. Much lower. I mean, compared to the States it's nearly non-existent. Hence we don't need a gun to protect ourselves (and it is difficult to get one, and if you do have one, it is illegal to take it with on the street)
But as I said it in my previous post I always fail to understand the arguments thrown at me. Perhaps (and probably) your argument is plain logic in your eyes. In mine it's pure lunacy.
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Doesn't matter if the luntaic has a gun, or just a fist he intends to pummel me with. Not gonna happen.
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And given that your society has made it easy for that person to get a gun, you're clearly not safe, and NEED to live as if it's the wild west.
Christian Graus
My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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In other news... it appears that I'll be in Havasu for the balloon festival this weekend.
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[edit] have fun!!! 
btw: as "observer" or as "Ikarus"? [/edit]
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Balast.
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[sarcasm]take Advantage of looking at the earth from a distant Point of view...might relate some "licences"[/sarcasm]
no, honestly and then again, have fun!!
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Seriously, I volunteered to be on the ground crew for one of the balloons. My wife asked if I needed any special skills and I said that I just have to be heavy.
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That sounds delightful, but sadly I have to travel to the PRC this weekend to deal with issues involving the maternal unit. Have a great weekend!
Will Rogers never met me.
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In a tiny village in Ireland, a devout Christian breathed his last and, the local priest being out somewhere else, a priest from an adjoining village was called upon to deliver the funeral oration.
“Ladies and Gentlemen”, began the venerable pastor with the dead body in a coffin before him. “Here lies dead before me a rare human being of this village with outstanding qualities. He was a gentleman, a scholar, sweet of tongue, gentle of temper and very catholic in outlook. He was generous to a fault and ever smiling”.
The widow of the deceased stood up and screamed, “O, God! They are burying the wrong man.”
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Excellent! ^_^
The venerable pastor should have mentioned how much of a family man he was too!! :P
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what outstanding qualities does this village have?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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That reminds me of my wedding. The priest said, that I had met my wife while we drove an ambulance. This was new to us all 
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Russell Johnson who played the professor[^] on Gilligans Island has passed at age 89.
R.I.P. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
modified 16-Jan-14 20:39pm.
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Wow. Time marches on. 
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Paranoid fear that the icons in red on your Lync frequent contact are talking about you.
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