The GOP and Guns

[Whateverist]

You guys need to chill and to keep your noses in your own culture. Our individual rights in the U.S. are none of Europe's business.

Forgive me if I disagree. The election of a new US president is, of course, down to you but -- unlike that of, say, a new first minister of Scotland -- what happens next impacts the entire world. ... your vote is so vital because you're casting it on behalf of billions around the globe as well as for domestic well-being. It's a huge responsibility. To a lesser extent, European political decisions have a ripple effect in America. No country is an island. We're in this together.

Well said. I for one pledge to vote in such a way as to keep the party of adventurous foreign policy and reckless financial regulation out of office. Republicans have also become more and more vocal about not being responsible citizens of the world. The U. N. just becomes one more vehicle for exerting national will when doing so will be effective, but is completely ignored when it takes an unfavorable stand.