tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038048061838411719.post6517472893916844084..comments2024-01-22T20:31:10.383-08:00Comments on Icarus Rants: Ass-backwards logic about "If only the criminals have guns, then the criminals will know they can use them more freely!"Icarus Anne Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165472611039849496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038048061838411719.post-69828922846097552552014-10-14T13:30:00.545-07:002014-10-14T13:30:00.545-07:00LOL! Ooooh, that's cold :) It is, alas, also q...LOL! Ooooh, that's cold :) It is, alas, also quite true in a way, isn't it? It does become - even unconsciously - an apologist way to divorce one's self-need for a device-meant-only-for-killing-humans from the consequences of doing so. A bit like "Well, of course I drive my car better and more safely than anyone else, so it's okay for *me* to ignore the speed limit and stop sign laws, and it's okay if *I* have a few drinks before driving home" - ignoring that little problem that a deadly pile of steel hurtle down the road is *always* a lethal projectile barely under control, and a child who dashes in front could be just as dead as the child who pulled daddy's loaded gun out from under the bed where "My child knows to leave it alone!"Icarus Anne Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165472611039849496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038048061838411719.post-51368135424650495732014-09-21T08:56:22.562-07:002014-09-21T08:56:22.562-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Icarus Anne Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165472611039849496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8038048061838411719.post-90574090457182048162014-09-21T04:22:42.182-07:002014-09-21T04:22:42.182-07:00Personally, I've reached a point where my stan...Personally, I've reached a point where my standard response to the murder-tool fanatics is "I don't give a fuck what you say, you're trying to justify the murder of children."ChefJackButlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949542685554364536noreply@blogger.com