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Old 04-25-2011, 01:22 PM   #16 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth View Post
whether it turns out that it's legal or illegal, nothing will come of it because people refuse to enforce the rule of law. people choose to believe that rights are limited and that the government can limit those rights in the name of safety and public order. well your government (yours and mine) are keeping us safe, so those at GB have more limited rights than the rest of us.
But my point is that this is an abhorrent limitation of rights. There's a difference between this and removing someone's right to liberty and to bear arms because he was convicted of murder.

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how totally not surprising that you wonn't equate the two incidents, or did they have their permissions removed because they were a minority in disapproval of the populace?
If you're going to bring another incident into the equation, you need to demonstrate why you're doing it. I could try to equate this simplistically to Nazi Germany, but I'd be accused to Godwinning the thread.

I don't mind looking at something outside of the matter at hand, but at least be convincing about it. (i.e. What's your point?)
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