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TPaine7
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Tue Apr-27-10 09:43 PM Original message |
Guns are not a panacea, but empowering decent people is a good thing. |
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sharesunited
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Tue Apr-27-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're wrong about any such benefit from the proliferation of guns and ammo. |
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cliffordu
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Tue Apr-27-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Of course you can substantiate your claims with some sort of |
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spin
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL. Never happen. (n/t) |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Tpaine can't either. |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I am not making an appeal to naked authority. The quotation makes its own case. |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Just because it expresses your own ideals in better prose than you can manage doesn't make it "wise" |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You're dissmissed. |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 03:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Clearly, you are wasting your time |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Apr-28-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Once a felon has served his sentence, and any probationary period imposed |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. "Once a felon has served his sentence" |
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Travis Coates
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Wed Apr-28-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Where do you draw the line? |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. At violent felony, statutory rape and treason. |
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Travis Coates
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Fair enough |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Apr-28-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. That sort of sentence seems wrong to me. |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Morally, you may be correct. |
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Euromutt
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Fri Apr-30-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #57 |
80. Most pedophiles can be rehabilitated |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Apr-28-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Speaking of Prejudice, i've always wondered about the 'saturday night special' smear for |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. "If *all* cannot afford it, *none* should have it", then? |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Citizens have the right to travel nationwide, and to relocate to the state of their choice. |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Where did I say this? |
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Fri Apr-30-10 04:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Deleted message |
iverglas
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Thu May-20-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. someone please direct this poster to the forum rules |
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Euromutt
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Fri Apr-30-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
81. The same applies to freedom of the press, when you think about it |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Here's someone "not famous": |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I actually do agree with him |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Your disagreement with me is indeed "simple" (not to say dishonest) |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, maybe if I ever saw you make your own arguments.. |
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GreenStormCloud
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. There is nothing wrong with quoting a more eloquent person. |
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jazzhound
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Wed Apr-28-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Great quote, this. n/t |
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TPaine7
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I would much rather someone made an "irrevocable choice" to use a gun |
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jazzhound
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. "Is the death of the Good Samaritan irrevocable?" |
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jazzhound
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. "Guns cloud judgement" |
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cowman
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Reeeeeeally |
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cliffordu
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. My judgement was bad WAAAAAY before I got my first gun... |
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one-eyed fat man
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Unclouded judgement and callous disregard |
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TPaine7
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Same story n/t |
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cliffordu
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. EXACTLY. |
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marybourg
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yea, lots of folks running up and down the |
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TPaine7
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. We'll have to agree to disagree about the virtues of an armed society, |
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jazzhound
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I agree to some extent with you about the manner in which we've become |
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proteus_lives
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Standard SU non-logic. |
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Euromutt
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I can answer that question |
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aikoaiko
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Do you not have any compassion for the person who defends him or her self with a gun from a threat? |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Apr-28-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Properly, and lawfully used, guns can save lives as well. |
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Remmah2
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Comparison? |
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Travis Coates
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. My penis |
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safeinOhio
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think it is important for law abiding, sane citizens |
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marybourg
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I think it's important for law abiding sane citizens to supply a tax base |
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jazzhound
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Right ---- as anarchy has been the result in state after state after state |
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marybourg
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. We've never been this far down this road since the days of the |
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jazzhound
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "We've never been this far down the road" |
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marybourg
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No. Down the road to every man(or woman) being his own armed guard. |
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TPaine7
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Every woman or man is already her or his own guard. |
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jazzhound
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Wed Apr-28-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
60. You seem to be operating under the assumption that at some |
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TPaine7
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Tue Apr-27-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Pick the state with the highest police to inhabitant ratio, |
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PavePusher
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. If I am in danger of being injured or killed by an attacker... |
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Euromutt
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Wed Apr-28-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. That sounds like a false dichotomy to me |
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quickesst
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Tue Apr-27-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. "sane, law-abiding citizen" |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Well, there's just one problem |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. We're not 'missing the damn point', because you present a false equivalency |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. You don't say "tend," you say "are" |
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shadowrider
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. That poster was me |
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Chulanowa
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Wed Apr-28-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. No, I said exactly what you said |
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shadowrider
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Wed Apr-28-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. "Amounted to" is your summation |
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Pholus
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Wed Apr-28-10 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. Where's the limit then? |
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shadowrider
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Wed Apr-28-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. How much armament is enough though? |
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Pholus
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
69. Edgy answer.... |
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Travis Coates
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Wed Apr-28-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Cooper / Zumbo |
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Pholus
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Name some progressives/progressive ideals you DO support, please! |
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AtheistCrusader
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Thu Apr-29-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. There is no 'minutae' around the party's mis-use of the term Assault Rifle. |
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Travis Coates
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Thu Apr-29-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. I support the progressive idea of |
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jazzhound
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #70 |
79. "For example, watching them go nuts on the minutia surrounding |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Apr-28-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. I get in the face of conservative gun owners all the time. |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Bingo, it does not address the causes of violence and just pisses off |
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jazzhound
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Exactly ----- there you go. |
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Pholus
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Okay, I can see that. What limits on gun ownership are reasonable? |
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AtheistCrusader
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Thu Apr-29-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Gun owners have agreed to far more regulation than you seem to think. |
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jazzhound
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Wed Apr-28-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. Not sure why you assume that the only pro gun rights activity we pursue is |
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Pholus
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:47 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. I already knew you are pro-gun rights -- I'm asking if you are pro-progressive rights. |
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shadowrider
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Thu Apr-29-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Are you saying it's either/or? |
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AtheistCrusader
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Thu Apr-29-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. What, like a constitutional amendment to protect a woman's right to choose? |
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jazzhound
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. "What litmus test do you wish to gauge my 'progressiveness' by? |
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jazzhound
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. What shadowrider said. My answer is *most certainly NOT* no. |
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jazzhound
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Sun May-02-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
83. kicked n/t |
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jody
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Sun May-02-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
84. Liberal means for minimum government and maximum individual liberty. You advocate a true liberal |
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