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   leg@sea.way to All   
   Re: Obama didn't choose himself for peac   
   07 Nov 09 16:14:15   
   
   XPost: alt.politics, talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.art-bell   
   From: leg@sea   
      
   RD (The Sandman) wrote:   
   > Klaus Schadenfreude  wrote in   
   > news:4iibf5d7d0hf63qmeqtequkk184rsjmb4i@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> In talk.politics.guns "RD (The Sandman)"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Klaus Schadenfreude  wrote in   
   >>> news:00gbf5951n4spkorcq90pdnuh8jksk0m3v@4ax.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In talk.politics.guns "leg@sea"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> RD (The Sandman) wrote:   
   >>>>>> Klaus Schadenfreude  wrote in   
   >>>>>> news:aasaf5t7gsegekgjasnpcgl1mq9vc2llar@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> In talk.politics.guns "leg@sea"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> In talk.politics.guns "leg@sea"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> In talk.politics.guns "leg@sea"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Matt wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 5, 5:19 pm, "RD (The Sandman)" >>>>>>>>>>>> @comcast.net> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Matt  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:c7f26fc7-8253-4119-ab1f-   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> a4c6c8c0b...@g10g2000pri.googlegroups.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 5, 4:12 pm, "RD (The Sandman)"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Matt  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:c625d3fb-f8ab-4ef8-a74b-   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8ae131e3d...@g27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 3, 5:14 pm, Klaus Schadenfreude   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> @yahoo.com>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In talk.politics.guns Matt    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 3, 7:26 am, Klaus Schadenfreude   
   >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> @yahoo.co   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> m>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In talk.politics.guns Matt    
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I do see his point. The problem is, you are only   
   >>> looking   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at it   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one viewpoint.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have rights as well, and your rights stop where   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mine start.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My gun ownership has zero effect on your rights.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your gun CARRYING does have an effect on my rights.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My carrying a gun has absolutely ZERO effect on your   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rights.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Really. "Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness".   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Try again. Better yet, don't. You disagree with me, and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that's fine. But simply repeating the same old rhetoric   
   >>> with   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more and more hyperbole isn't getting anyone anywhere.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or you.  Please be specific about how my carrying of a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gun affects   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> your   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness".  None of   
   >>> those   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> affect   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ed   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unless your pursuit of happiness includes disarming me.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you are carrying a gun in a place that I *Must*   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> frequent (as opposed to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> may, or could) then I consider my life at risk.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Two questions:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.  The only place I can think of where you *MUST*   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> frequent would be a government office.  Guns are usually   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> banned in there.  Do you have some other place in mind?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.  Just how would my having a gun put your life at risk?   
   >>> Are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> you planning to attack me or threaten my life?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you seriously going to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tell me that no gun owner or carrier has ever killed   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone that wasn't threatening them?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nope, because it has happened.  Of course your odds of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> being killed in a Tornado or be struck by lightning are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> higher that that occurrence.  If you have proof of the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> contrary, then   
   >>> feel   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> free to post it.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> FORT HOOD, Texas – A military mental health doctor facing   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army base   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> So you want ALL your fellow soldiers disarmed?!?!   
   >>>>>>>>>>> What do you mean 'fellow soldiers?"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Are you insinuating that Matt is one of America's Fighting   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Men?   
   >>>>>>>>>> Lol, not for a minute.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> But his gripe was other people having firearms in places he   
   >>> *MUST*   
   >>>>>>>>>> frequent.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> So ergo if he were in the military, HE would have BIG TIME   
   >>> problem   
   >>>>>>>>>> with his fellow soldiers, yes?   
   >>>>>>>>> Gotcha. If he could only, somehow, muster the courage and tell   
   >>>>>>>>> me how my carrying a gun infringes on his rights, well, we   
   >>>>>>>>> might get somewhere. But obviously his inability to describe   
   >>>>>>>>> this scenario   
   >>> has   
   >>>>>>>>> caused him great mental conflict.   
   >>>>>>>> Oodles, so he dissembles and decouples.   
   >>>>>>> I just noticed the post where he describes his affection and   
   >>>>>>> admiration for Sandman and dismisses us. I'm going to assume that   
   >>>>>>> means I's going to avoid tackling the problem I gave him to work   
   >>> out.   
   >>>>>> Possibly it is the approach and not the actual dialog on problems.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>> ;)   
   >>>>>> For example, in Leg@sea's place, if he would drop the name calling   
   >>> and   
   >>>>>> invectives, he would have a lot more credibility in his   
   >>>>>> statements.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> Your premise being that my volume, inflection, or word choice   
   >>>>> somehow carry the overriding ability to alter my message?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That's almost as ludicrous as Matty's assertion that inanimate   
   >>>>> objects can alter peoples' behavior.   
   >>>> What seems abundantly clear is that when Matt is challenged on a   
   >>>> statement like "carrying your gun infringes on my rights" ad then   
   >>>> mumbles something about "life liberty, and the pursuit of   
   >>>> happiness," and then makes up excuses why he can't elaborate, the   
   >>>> problem is not with volume, inflection, or word choice.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Or profanity.  It is simply a thought or idea that may be misplaced or   
      
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