tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post758351256266587277..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: It's The Best There IsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-45817915822607192832013-02-04T08:43:58.252-06:002013-02-04T08:43:58.252-06:00OT: I'd like to know what you think, RMJ
Diss...OT: I'd like to know what you think, RMJ<br /><br />Dissolving The Best Thing About Us in the "Universal Acid" of Natural Selection<br />Part 1: The Problem of Goodness<br /><br />http://zthoughtcriminal.blogspot.com/2013/02/dissolving-best-thing-about-us-in.htmlThe Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-26986962648808734422013-01-30T18:40:56.348-06:002013-01-30T18:40:56.348-06:00Rmj, your final paragraph is a gem. I have nothin...Rmj, your final paragraph is a gem. I have nothing to add.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-29248424487448017882013-01-30T17:43:59.697-06:002013-01-30T17:43:59.697-06:00But until then, they have to be considered law abi...<i>But until then, they have to be considered law abiding citizens, because we have a 2nd Amendment that protects us from losing access to guns unless we're crazy, and only the truly crazy shoot people up, that's how you know they're crazy.</i><br /><br />This and precisely this. There is no special class of people known as law-abiding citizens, only citizens, who may or may not commit crimes. <br /><br />On a related tangent, you may find this thread at Balloon Juice interesting, in which in order to facilitate some cross-cultural understanding celticdragonchick explains and defends the gun religionists on Hobbesian grounds, noting that they believe their cause is just and divinely-ordered and rooted in natural law, legitimate even if there were no 2nd Amendment. <br /><br />As a sort of pro-gun liberal diplomat who frequents their circles, she warns that unless liberals shut up about gun control this group will start an armed insurrection - and perhaps rightly so, in her view - so we better just shut up about it. Besides, she says, humans have always been violent, so what're ya gonna do?<br /><br />http://bit.ly/WyT8bJWindhorsenoreply@blogger.com