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Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 10:36 AM Jan 2013

Quote from another forum: "A diseased society can only be cleansed be extermination"

This was a response in a thread discussing school shootings, mental illness, and gun control on another political discussion forum I belong to.

At least I know where the guy stands on the issue of mental health - sounds like he wants to have me arrested, thrown on a cattle car, and sent to "the East" for "special handling".

Really, who is the sicker individual here, me because I have bipolar/PTSD, or someone who would say, or even think, that statement?

Because, you know, I don't think anyone in my position deserves to be subjected to that, I haven't done anything wrong.

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Quote from another forum: "A diseased society can only be cleansed be extermination" (Original Post) Denninmi Jan 2013 OP
The person who posted that to you really needs help. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1
Now you know how 99.99% of gun owners feel. ileus Jan 2013 #2
You can change your status in a moment and become a non-gun owner Fumesucker Jan 2013 #3
Two wrongs make a right? Denninmi Jan 2013 #4

ileus

(15,396 posts)
2. Now you know how 99.99% of gun owners feel.
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 10:54 AM
Jan 2013

Because, you know, I don't think anyone in my position deserves to be subjected to that, I haven't done anything wrong.


Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
3. You can change your status in a moment and become a non-gun owner
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 10:57 AM
Jan 2013

Doesn't work that way with mental illness.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
4. Two wrongs make a right?
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 11:02 AM
Jan 2013

But when push comes to shove, my fundamental personal and privacy rights should trump your property rights, if it has to be a choice between one or the other.

I don't recall ever seeing anyone say gun OWNERS should be eliminated, just guns. Would be a little less invasive to remove guns from a home than to try and remove the abnormal neurobiological aspects of my brain.

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