RE: Just When You Thought Arizona Couldn't Get Stupider...
April 21, 2011 at 3:11 pm
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2011 at 3:11 pm by Jaysyn.)
(April 21, 2011 at 2:44 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I do agree that it is the society, and not the gun.
The gun gives the proverbial 98-pound weakling the ability to carry out his fantasies of revenge. The two cannot be so easily separated.
The gun also makes it much more difficult for the the 250lbs brute from intimidating or assaulting the 98lbs weakling.
Why the Gun is Civilization
Quote:Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal