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orangetom1999 wrote:Rath,

I find it ironic that in a time of so called evolution taking place that the epitomy of being human is to take ones clothes off to declare ones humanity.

I dont think that nudity is a good yardstick by which to measure mans progress. If that is all their is..I think we have not progressed or are going backwards ...intellect and science have failed us.

For I have a very strange belief and understanding that people/human beings are so much more than sex and sexuality...ie..nudity and pornography. Much much more.

Drugs..for recreational purposes...This is to me the same as people worrying about banning swearing and nudity. If the peak performance of a person is to spend monies on such drugs..I dont want to be around any such person. I feel the same about career drinkers. I dont want to be around them as well. I am choosy about the people with whom I surround myself.

If the peak of someones performance is to pump monies and time into their souls in such a recreational drug manner..bon appetit. But it is to me a life wasted and not glorious at all.

I have better things to do with my life and monies earned at great risk than recretional drugs...including doing nothing.


At least in the horse or horse and buggy days the horse/mule could usually find the way home if he rider could just hang on. Mind you now many riders did not and often froze to death in the winter...but the horse or mule could usually get home. Not so with today's cars.

I think that.. just like guns...plans are quietly on the burners for an opportune time to stealthly turn an unthinking, overly emotional, and ignorant, easily controlled, and emoted public against vehicles and the internal combustion engine. Social engineers and psuedo leaders have already experimented with this against SUVs to gauge public reaction.

Thanks for your post.
Orangetom

rath wrote:

blackvault wrote:And just to add to that, with your logic, if the weapon doesn't matter, and if it kills it kills... then on the ban list:

Knives
Guns
Cars
Busses
Tractors
Hands
Feet
Bottles
Glass objects

Oh, and anything that can be sharpened.

It's true .... if you let them ban guns, then whats next ???

If they are allowed to ban guns in the USA, ..... then before you know it. they will seek to ban other things as well.

& before you know it, ........

The USA will be run by a bunch of fascist prudes' who will what to ban swearing & nudity on T.V, ...
The sale of large soft drinks at fast food shops ( because fast food & sugar case more deaths through obesity & cancer ... diabetes & high blood pressure ) & they may even seek to force fast food shops to publish the calorie count off their food right on the shop well' & on food packaging.

& we all know fatty foods & trans fats. food related diabetes & cancers, don't kill people. People do.

The USA would never force stricter laws regarding nudity, pornography & offensive language on television. Nor would the USA ever force tougher laws on fast food chains.

rath wrote:It's true .... if you let them ban guns, then whats next ???

If they are allowed to ban guns in the USA, ..... then before you know it. they will seek to ban other things as well.

& before you know it, ........

The USA will be run by a bunch of fascist prudes' who will what to ban swearing & nudity on T.V, ...
The sale of large soft drinks at fast food shops ( because fast food & sugar case more deaths through obesity & cancer ... diabetes & high blood pressure ) & they may even seek to force fast food shops to publish the calorie count off their food right on the shop well' & on food packaging.

& we all know fatty foods & trans fats. food related diabetes & cancers, don't kill people. People do.

The USA would never force stricter laws regarding nudity, pornography & offensive language on television. Nor would the USA ever force tougher laws on fast food chains.

Orangetom ....... Lighten up man. ....... What are you Amish?

orangetom1999 wrote:Rath,

Orangetom ....... Lighten up man. ....... What are you Amish?

Oh..goodness no Rath.

It is just that some of us can think and function further than what makes you insecure and concerned. We do not find thinking and functioning to Hollywood non standards...to be a good yardstick by which to measure progress or the upward reach of mankind.

We are also concerned that our leadership has it's nose up the backside of Hollywood and vice versa in order to seduce the public to this non standard for votes/power.

We dont find this kind of non standard to be leadership at all..but ..instead showmanship...cheap showmanship. And I mean both political parties.

You brought up some points or issues of what you seem to think is important in life...and I found many of them to be somewhat shallow and commented so.

Rather than rebutt...you declared ..lighten up. This to me is Hollywood. No problem. I merely make note of it.

Thanks,
Orangetom

_Billy_ wrote:Pelosi, Feinstein, and Reid are sleeping together.

blackvault wrote:So... the Senate democrats wants to take another stab at our 2nd amendment right of gun ownership? (Source: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/ ... lt-weapons) Well, hear me out. This will only take a moment. If you feel guns should be banned, have you ever looked at the deaths associated with motor vehicles? I'll use the same logic you are using about taking away guns.

It is estimated that there are 310 MILLION guns in America as of 2009 (Source: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32842.pdf) It is estimated there are 254 MILLION motor vehicles (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_ ... f_vehicles). Yet, in 90% of the states, vehicle deaths outnumber, and in many cases FAR outnumber, gun deaths (Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... least.html).

Many left wing publications are touting more gun control, and even my source above touts "more deaths by guns than vehicles by 2015." And this is an argument for more gun control. Actually, I think if you are going after guns, you should first cut down on super charged motor vehicles and ban cars altogether. That would decrease considerably the amount of deaths in our country and keep our kids safer. Right? I mean, it's the same logic and would actually save MORE people. Ooops. Don't want your car taken away?

There are just as many, if not more (Source: My opinion) crazy people that get behind the wheel after drinking excessively, road raging about a bad day, furious and speeding off after a fight with their spouse, etc. They kill (see the attached chart) at rates HIGHER than guns (MORE guns than vehicles... LESS deaths by guns - it isn't rocket science to see which is statistically safer).

Some people like their super charged automobiles. They like to go VROOOM while others (like me) like to go BOOM. So what's the difference if its legal? If we do it safely, regardless of our toy of choice, what does it really matter to you? You think your kids aren't or can't be killed by drunk drivers? You think kids aren't killed by speeding teenagers in daddy's Porsche? Trust me... they are. And I knew that situation all too well in High School.

So the next time you support someone like Senator Feinstein on gun control - look at the facts.

"Don't bother me with the facts... my mind is made up."

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