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In reply to the discussion: The Gun Is Civilization [View all]JackintheGreen
(2,036 posts)17. And thus we reveal the reductio ad absurdum of the OP
We (the US) HAD to give weapons to Saddam Hussein to combat Iran. We HAD to give weapons to the muhajideen in Afghanistan to oppose the Soviets. Our side (the anti-communists, the anti-Iranians) were weak so we had to make them strong. Sort of a level playing field prescribed in the OP except on the global scale. We HAVE to arm ourselves in order to remove the threat of violence from street level evildoers. Nothing bad ever happens when we do that.
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Hah. Notice how our gun nuttiness has kept us from becoming subjects over the last 20 years?
Doctor_J
Mar 2012
#98
I wish there were no nuclear weapons. But it is immoral to say "some for me, none for thee."
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#12
There are, of course, lunatics--some of whom probably consider themselves Democrats--
TPaine7
Mar 2012
#91