That's pushing it a bit, I feel......Originally Posted by sfa437
That's pushing it a bit, I feel......
Hey Anubis what happened to Posh?
That's pushing it a bit, I feel......
See- there is a prime example of non-firearm related violence.
I have a rather large knife in the back
Vápnum sínum skala maðr velli á feti ganga framar
því at óvist er at vita nær verðr á vegum úti geirs um þörf guma
- Havamal 38
Well under her user name it says "Removed"...what happened to Posh?
Sounds pretty clear to me. She´s taken a lot of subtle and not so subtle abuse lately and I suspect she either left of her own accord or was sent away after she finally lost her cool in another thread.
The user name Posh can no longer receive pm´s.
I would say she is gone.
jeez ! i wonder what could be so bad on an internet forum that'd make someone leave on their own accord ?
You´re joking of course.
Hi - I'm a Doctor and represent my country in shooting and last year won 5 International Gold Medals.
As a competitive shooter I need to point out that there is a clear distinction in the types of people using firearms - which is commonly missed.
Military use of firearms is political. There is no solution to the wants and desires of governments to control the populations and lands of others. It is the human condition (sadly) that greed and lust for power can become more important than the lives of others.
While evil and vile, this is not going to change irrespective of what we think on this board. A utopia where a madman decides against recruiting a young person into their forces just because they are young is a pipe dream, for greed for power acknowledges no boundaries of age.
In some countries on Earth - if you stop one madman - there are plenty more to take their place. 'Decapitating' (evil) regimes has rarely proven effective long-term - and is followed by periods of violence and murder many times worse than that experienced under the previous lunatic - until the next most vicious lunatic establishes themselves by piling bodies higher than the rest of their contemporaries.
Guns to this end will be sourced wherever there is a benefit from their use to those who use them. There are over 600 Million of them (UN figures). With human nature being what it is - they will always be sold to the highest bidders. I.e - those that have the most to gain from their use.
Sickening - but that's human nature. If it wasn't firearms, it would be swords and crossbows, if not fighter jets and missiles, then siege engines and catapults, and so on. It has never been different at any point in human history.
The problem is not whatever weapon we choose to hate - it's people themselves. It's human nature to want things - and if for example I wanted something another didn't want to give up - I could back down or force the issue. They would be motivated to defend their position if I didn't back down - and hence the use of force becomes two-sided.
One attacks and the other defends.
In some of the photos above children are in theatres of war where they are defending themselves from an aggressor.
If my country were attacked - I would defend it. (I'm a Captain in the Army Reserve). I would defend my home, my family, those I loved, and even those I didn't agree with who happened to be my countrymen, and I would like to think that all who read this would in principle feel the same.
I'd like to think in such a situation that children didnt need to be recruited to help me. I would also like to think that children were not recruited to attack me.
But some countries are not so lucky. In some countries there is no choice. In some countries - mere survival may depend upon being armed. Tragic and hopeless yes - but it's reality.
Let us not decry the means of violence - let us decry the violence itself. Let us try and address the inequalitites that lead others to envy and greed.
In this we can have some chance to reduce (politically motivated) violence.
Human nature declares there can be no other way.
jd9
Funny how the first person to respond to this tread claims to know nothing about guns... jeesh... are you feeling a little uneasy about that? Perhaps if you no nothing about it... it will go away? That's like saying “I don't know much about oxygen” and then persisting to hold your breath until you fall over. Make sure you at least “know something” about a pencil… who knows, maybe those murderous children will negotiate a treaty with ya...
I've never been so happy to have my canceled weapons permit along with a small arsenal after seeing photo’s like this. Think of the adults behind these photos!
IMHO, there are 3 things which make the difference between the free person and the slave:
1. means of production to provide economic and financial independence;
2. free money to develop and enlarge No.1;
3. guns to protect No1 & No2
Take away whichever, and you already are moving closer to enslavement. Take away the 3 altogether, and you'll have a world of 5,000,000,000 slaves.
One great man had said long ago that person who trades freedom for more security, does not deserve neither freedom, not security, and finally will lose both.
Or maybe I just do not understand the things?...
Last edited by dingo69; 01-13-2009 at 10:44 PM.
so where is posh?
haven't seen any new write ups on what I should or should not be buying...maybe something on the type of wallet you carry dictates what kind of man you are or something like that
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