(February 16, 2019 at 6:56 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(February 16, 2019 at 6:41 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I value empathy, and Gawdzilla has it.
Don't confuse being pissed off over important subjects as meaning being unhappy 24/7 every minute of the day.
I don't spend 24/7 talking about how uber cute my cat is, but then again, my cat has never gone on a killing spree.
I do focus on firearm violence because right now, it is an epidemic in our country. I don't see what is wrong in trying to get others to focus on a problem that needs to be solved.
The amount of firearm violence is harmful, unlike my cat who licks my ear every morning to wake me up so I will feed him.
Are you suggesting everyone trade their guns for cats?
What a brilliant idea! Can't remember the last time I read of a person being killed by a domestic cat..
I think it was in the Film "The American President" (from which the series "The West Wing" was based) The Martin Sheen character says
"for reasons passing all understanding, the American people refuse to equate gun related crime to guns"
I won't do a comparison with gun crime in Australia, as it would seem as if I'm gloating, which I am not. America's gun culture and horrific number of deaths is deeply saddening. I have no easy solution. Australia's response to our last mass shooting , in 1996, probably wouldn't work in the US.