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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it so important to you to own the weapon that has been used to create so much carnage and murder schoolchildren?[/quote] oh the hysterics.[/quote] 20 1st graders were blown apart in their classrooms with one of these weapons - The fact that you write that off is disgusting to me[/quote] +1 Disgusting POS [/quote] Freedom isn't free. Bad stuff can happen when people are free to make choices. [/quote] So those 20 slaughtered children were worth it to you for your “freedom”? How many would be too many for you personally? Is there a limit? 100? 1000? 1000000? No limit? [/quote] If you want my complete and utter honesty? No limit because I personally value maximum freedom, which means people are allowed to make stupid choices. It's not because I'm heartless. We allow for 10s of thousands to die each year for car accidents yet we don't outlaw driving. If you think I'm a bad person, I'm ok with that.[/quote] Too bad it wasn’t your kid who was killed instead of the child of someone not willing to make that trade. You know, price of freedom and all.[/quote] I would be ok with that. Others might not be. I think people should be able to make bad and "wrong" decisions. Freedom means not being protected from bad choices even if they are preventable. Not everyone wants or can handle freedom. That is self evident from the discussion here. Like I said, if that makes me a bad person I fully take responsibility for that.[/quote] Does it ever concern you that your norms are so very different than most other people? You’d let your own child die if that meant you could keep your guns. Not many people would say that. Do you feel disconnected from typical emotions? And would you let your child die to block universal background checks? Or restrictions on magazine capacity? Or is “maximum freedom” the only important thing to you? Do you actually have children? [/quote] Yes I have children. I'm a libertarian, so yes maximum freedom, and lack of coercion is very important to me. I recognize that most people can't live their lives in such a fashion. It's entirely alien for most people. Of course I have emotions, but rationality is of most importance to me. When I adopted rationality more than a decade ago, discovering that the only intelligent way to go through life was to base decisions on the preponderance of evidence, critically attacking ideas to improve thinking, and working to constantly remove assumptions from my analysis, it was akin to the conversion of Saul in Acts 9:18; scales falling from my eyes and seeing the world for how it really was for the first time. I never anticipated how painful it would be to see others remaining behind in Plato’s cave given my natural inclination to teach and help people. If you think I'm nuts, thats fine, I have no desire to force you to my way of thinking, though it appears that you would force me to conform to your ideals. I'm an idealist, however I recognize that what works for me might be very unpleasant for you.[/quote] Oh good lord another zealot smarter than the rest of humanity. Trump supporter amirite? [/quote]
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