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As Seen on Facebook . . .
Gawdzilla Sama Offline
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 4, 2018 at 4:52 pm
(April 4, 2018 at 4:38 pm)Wololo Wrote:
(April 4, 2018 at 2:33 pm)Shell B Wrote: [Image: 1gxKbWD.png]

Somebody should clue in the idiot who slapped together that image that for most of the last two centuries the States had some form of gun control (albeit often badly enforced).

It's one of those "we shouldn't try to fix anything until we can fix everything at once" people.
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 4, 2018 at 5:01 pm
Plus society isn't breaking down. Violent crimes are still very low compared to a couple decades ago.
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 4, 2018 at 5:16 pm
(April 4, 2018 at 4:52 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(April 4, 2018 at 4:38 pm)Wololo Wrote: Somebody should clue in the idiot who slapped together that image that for most of the last two centuries the States had some form of gun control (albeit often badly enforced).

It's one of those "we shouldn't try to fix anything until we can fix everything at once" people.

logically referred to as a the nirvana fallacy
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 4, 2018 at 6:05 pm (This post was last modified: April 4, 2018 at 6:05 pm by Shell B.)
[Image: 11221895_1141970932611508_76349193478801...e=5B305220]
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 4, 2018 at 6:10 pm (This post was last modified: April 4, 2018 at 6:11 pm by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(April 4, 2018 at 5:16 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:
(April 4, 2018 at 4:52 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: It's one of those "we shouldn't try to fix anything until we can fix everything at once" people.

logically referred to as a the nirvana fallacy

So it starts in Seattle?  Huh
(April 4, 2018 at 6:05 pm)Shell B Wrote: [Image: 11221895_1141970932611508_76349193478801...e=5B305220]

Ha! Perfect one-to-one congruence. They had Pol Pot, we have T.rump. It therefore follows...
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 6, 2018 at 4:17 pm (This post was last modified: April 6, 2018 at 4:18 pm by Shell B.)
[Image: 30127435_1143319472476654_17646538082452...e=5B6D89C9]
Hookers must be making a shitload more money these days.
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 6, 2018 at 4:40 pm
Says a total dick.
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 6, 2018 at 4:55 pm
[Image: 17498411_1566646866681171_33956903349037...e=5B2930EB]
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 6, 2018 at 5:09 pm
(April 6, 2018 at 4:55 pm)c172 Wrote: [Image: 17498411_1566646866681171_33956903349037...e=5B2930EB]

I read this to my Christian coworker and he about died laughing
“What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.”

Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you."
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RE: As Seen on Facebook . . .
April 6, 2018 at 5:11 pm
Oh, and do you know who Blake Farenhold is?

[Image: 24131329_10210556089927046_3446440421076...e=5B60EE5B]

Not sure what he did, but he resigned from congress, apparently.

Gawd bless Texas.
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