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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 3:49 pm
Quote:Life is not scary.
Until it is.
Then it can be motherfucking terrifying.
At that point - going and getting a gun really isn' t an option.
If your way works out for you - great. I hope it goes that way for me as well. If so - the worst that happens to me is I lose 1 pants pocket capacity.
But - if things do go sideways - at least I have some chance of protecting myself.
This assumes you are in a situation where a gun has any use. If not all you have done is take up a pocket.
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 3:52 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:49 pm)Helios Wrote: Quote:Life is not scary.
Until it is.
Then it can be motherfucking terrifying.
At that point - going and getting a gun really isn' t an option.
If your way works out for you - great. I hope it goes that way for me as well. If so - the worst that happens to me is I lose 1 pants pocket capacity.
But - if things do go sideways - at least I have some chance of protecting myself.
This assumes you are in a situation where a gun has any use. If not all you have done is take up a pocket.
If guns were a solution, peace would have been solved a long time ago. Guns only prove that humans get frustrated with conversation and compromise and hate diversity.
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 3:54 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:52 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (October 18, 2021 at 3:49 pm)Helios Wrote: This assumes you are in a situation where a gun has any use. If not all you have done is take up a pocket.
If guns were a solution, peace would have been solved a long time ago. Guns only prove that humans get frustrated with conversation and compromise and hate diversity. Not quite what i was getting at
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 3:57 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:54 pm)Helios Wrote: (October 18, 2021 at 3:52 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If guns were a solution, peace would have been solved a long time ago. Guns only prove that humans get frustrated with conversation and compromise and hate diversity. Not quite what i was getting at
Mabye, ok. But bottom line, there is still not one human, in their sane capacity, that does not want to live as long as possible. Humans fight because we stupidly don't want to accept that we live on a ball, a remote island, and there will never be global domination by any given group.
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 3:59 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:57 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (October 18, 2021 at 3:54 pm)Helios Wrote: Not quite what i was getting at
Mabye, ok. But bottom line, there is still not one human, in their sane capacity, that does not want to live as long as possible. Humans fight because we stupidly don't want to accept that we live on a ball, a remote island, and there will never be global domination by any given group. Okay 
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 4:07 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:36 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (October 18, 2021 at 2:53 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: A gun may well be a better weapon than a rock, but I don't see a need to carry a rock with me when I go out in public.
Why would I ever want or need a gun, life here in the UK just isn't so scary.
Life is not scary.
Until it is.
Then it can be motherfucking terrifying.
At that point - going and getting a gun really isn' t an option.
If your way works out for you - great. I hope it goes that way for me as well. If so - the worst that happens to me is I lose 1 pants pocket capacity.
But - if things do go sideways - at least I have some chance of protecting myself.
Not felt the need for one in 67 years... don't expect to need one any time soon!
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 4:16 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:33 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (October 18, 2021 at 3:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If rocks are outlawed, only outlaws will have rocks!!
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Nature manufactures rocks, humans manufacture firearms. A volcano or hurricane have an excuse for what they produce. If one wants to claim humans are capable of understanding the world and the implications of their actions, and what we produce, then what excuse do human have for producing so many weapons, for personal or war use? Tribalism and profit are certainly the ultimately excuse, but it does nothing for our species in collectively extending our species ride.
It was a joke about rocks. A joke. About rocks.
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 4:19 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 3:54 pm)Helios Wrote: (October 18, 2021 at 3:52 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If guns were a solution, peace would have been solved a long time ago. Guns only prove that humans get frustrated with conversation and compromise and hate diversity. Not quite what i was getting at
For future reference, 37’s responses will always be not quite what you were getting at. He’s built different from the rest of us.
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 4:26 pm
Remember when this thread was about Noteworthy News?
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RE: Noteworthy News
October 18, 2021 at 4:27 pm
Vaguely.
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