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another stabbing
#1
another stabbing
Now the new thing is not shooting people but stabbing them instead. This the second stabbing in a few weeks. A lot of angry/crazy people out there.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local...84241.html

manowar
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#2
RE: another stabbing
It's just more economical to stab someone. Bullets are so expensive these days.
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#3
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(April 25, 2014 at 12:06 pm)KUSA Wrote: It's just more economical to stab someone. Bullets are so expensive these days.

Yes.. u could cut him in two.. and he wouldn't be half the man he use to be... hahaha..
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#4
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At least with knives no innocent bystanders get killed, too.
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#5
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You will not see calls to ban knives because it is obvious to just about everyone that the utility of knives outweigh the risks that sometimes they will be used nefariously.
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#6
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(April 25, 2014 at 12:31 pm)Heywood Wrote: You will not see calls to ban knives because it is obvious to just about everyone that the utility of knives outweigh the risks that sometimes they will be used nefariously.

I can argue the same thing towards about guns.
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#7
RE: another stabbing
(April 25, 2014 at 12:40 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(April 25, 2014 at 12:31 pm)Heywood Wrote: You will not see calls to ban knives because it is obvious to just about everyone that the utility of knives outweigh the risks that sometimes they will be used nefariously.

I can argue the same thing towards about guns.

Yes you can argue it but I doubt very much I would find such an argument persuasive. My home is full of knives that I use every day. I have a couple of guns I inherited and never shot(I have no ammo for them or desire to shoot them). If all guns were to magically disappear, I doubt my life would change much at all. I can't say the same if all knives disappeared.

In my opinion the utility of knives far outweighs the utility of guns.
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#8
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(April 25, 2014 at 1:06 pm)Heywood Wrote:
(April 25, 2014 at 12:40 pm)KUSA Wrote: I can argue the same thing towards about guns.

Yes you can argue it but I doubt very much I would find such an argument persuasive. My home is full of knives that I use every day. I have a couple of guns I inherited and never shot(I have no ammo for them or desire to shoot them). If all guns were to magically disappear, I doubt my life would change much at all. I can't say the same if all knives disappeared.

In my opinion the utility of knives far outweighs the utility of guns.

The difference is I'm an Atheist so I have to protect myself. You have the almighty lord Jesus H Christ protecting you.
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#9
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(April 25, 2014 at 3:50 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(April 25, 2014 at 1:06 pm)Heywood Wrote: Yes you can argue it but I doubt very much I would find such an argument persuasive. My home is full of knives that I use every day. I have a couple of guns I inherited and never shot(I have no ammo for them or desire to shoot them). If all guns were to magically disappear, I doubt my life would change much at all. I can't say the same if all knives disappeared.

In my opinion the utility of knives far outweighs the utility of guns.

The difference is I'm an Atheist so I have to protect myself. You have the almighty lord Jesus H Christ protecting you.

I don't believe God would protect me from your or anyone elses assault. God(in my opinion) is more interested in humanity and not individual human beings.

Regarding guns....I'm not anti-gun. I am sure some people find utility in guns. It would be ludicrous to say that guns have no utility. Do I want the government to ban personal pea shooters? Negative. Do I want the government to ban personal thermo nuclear weapons? Affirmative. Somewhere between the pea shooter and a thermonuclear weapon is a line that marks the optimal amount of individual freedom to bare arms. Where that line is, I am not entirely sure. Since guns are not important to me....and since I do not feel threatened by guns(I'm more concerned about dying in an automobile accident than in some shooting), at this point in time I am willing to accept the judgment of the crowd regarding who should and shouldn't be allowed to have guns and which guns they should have.
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#10
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There is a deeply psychological component to choosing your murder weapon. Using a knife is deeply personal and allows the killer to "feel" the carnage they cause, as opposed to a gun, which is highly impersonal.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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