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Originally posted by jaguar
oh get over it. The simple statement i made which you seem to be determined to muddy to obscurity is that a heavily armed society will result is more deaths than a relatively lightly armed one.
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Just because you *state* something you think is obvious dosen't make it *true*, and challenging you to back it up with reason isn't "muddying" it, except to the extent that it forces you to focus on how muddy it was to begin with.
I'm sorry, I just looked at your profile for the first time. I was about to pose an analogy from the Cold War to invite you to focus on the difference between "being armed" and "being violent", a distinction that sadly escapes many adults these days. But I had no idea how young you are; I've been trying to engage you as if you had much more life experience than you do, and it's just been falling over.
I'm also sorry if you feel talked-down-to, but the level of this conversation was beginning to feel as if it belonged in high school. Now I know why. It may be, as Clinton said, that it's good for young people to be angry. However, it's also good if they're a little selective in what they're angry *about*.
Let me offer you another quote: "Things should be made as simple as possible. But no simpler." --Albert Einstein.