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Old 07-01-2008, 08:43 AM   #142
DanaC
We have to go back, Kate!
 
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but other effects of arms ownership on the body politic mean that an armed people is a civilized people.
Then my people must be a deeply uncivilised one.

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I have studied the matter, and I know more about it than you do. No shame in that, is there? Do keep in mind, Dana, that your ignorance and your disbelief do absolutely nothing whatsoever to reduce my knowledge -- and have done even less to halt a genocide.
I see no shame in knowing less than another about a subject. I would, however, contend that you are pulling your knowledge out of your backside and as such I don't consider your opinion to be more valid or worthwhile than mine.

How, precisely, have you halted a genocide? Since your contention appears to be that my ignorance has prevented me doing the same.

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Don't make illegitimate statements in the presence of the more knowledgeable, okay? They'll gnaw your legs off all over the Internet.
I know you are, but what am I?
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