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In the discussion thread: Americans worry more about gun violence than losing their jobs [View all]

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 03:56 PM

jtuck004 (5,101 posts)

13. Tru dat. Not entirely bad, has to do with stuff deep in our brain that protects us from

deadly snakes and a few other ancient hazards. But because many people don't realize this, and aren't taught, (tougher to control a populace that thinks critically, eh?) it exposes people to a lot of hazards that are far more common and deadly.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
Americans worry more about gun violence than losing their jobs [View all]	onehandle	Feb 27	OP
I am not comfortable in movie theaters & it IS difficult to put out of my mind. nt	patrice	Feb 27	#1
A quick quiz	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#3
I went to see THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in a theater and thought nothing about it	derby378	Feb 27	#7
i love the gun nuts telling us how THEY WILL NOT LIVE IN FEAR!!1	frylock	Feb 27	#37
And of course, you're an expert on what MY personal life is, right?	derby378	Feb 27	#41
you didn't have to use your AK?	frylock	Feb 27	#42
I'm the same way too	LeftInTX	Feb 27	#5
Seems to be a common response	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#26
I'm not comfortable in movie theaters either	Smilo	Feb 27	#36
They worry about gun violence and yet...	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#2
Links please	Kingofalldems	Feb 27	#4
I'm too lazy for that...	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#17
Any chance	roxy1234	Feb 27	#44
Serious!?!	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#45
Ah never thought of looking there	roxy1234	Feb 27	#47
For some of us, it is simply a matter of freedom of association. Why would others carry guns unless	patrice	Feb 27	#8
Or:	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#16
You just proved my point: You think GUNS are the same as FIRE EXTINGUISHERS so YOU ARE DANGEROUS.	patrice	Feb 27	#19
Thank you for letting me know that...	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#22
You're the one who said they should be regarded as enough alike that there is no need to treat them	patrice	Feb 27	#23
BTW, do you conceal your seat-belt, your fire-extinguisher? Why not? nt	patrice	Feb 27	#24
If guns were the same as seat-belts why are there any guns at all, why don't you just carry a	patrice	Feb 27	#20
Echoing my questions back to me only shows you don't have any original questions of your own AND	patrice	Feb 27	#21
are you fucking shitting me?!	frylock	Feb 27	#38
LOL Carrying concealed	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#39
are you grinding up bullets and snorting the lead?	frylock	Feb 27	#40
It's not the same thing. People are worried they will	upaloopa	Feb 27	#12
Hello? Hello? WHAT ARE GUNS USED FOR? Q. Why are people carrying them everywhere? A. Danger.	patrice	Feb 27	#18
I carry for the potential of danger	Bay Boy	Feb 27	#25
But there are differences in the functions of those three objects in response to danger. It isn't	patrice	Feb 27	#27
You're not going to get your way on this, patrice. There will always be a possibility that somone...	slackmaster	Feb 27	#29
Say that sort of thing to the kid who was shot outside of some club on the east side of my city	patrice	Feb 27	#32
I'll take a wild guess that the kid wasn't shot by someone who was carrying a gun legally	slackmaster	Feb 27	#33
You may know more about those probabilities, but PLEASE consider that not much of that matters	patrice	Feb 27	#34
Some "tipping point"	derby378	Feb 27	#6
Americans are not very good at math, and they stink at probabilities, so this isn't	jtuck004	Feb 27	#9
It's not just Americans. Humans in general are not very good at understanding probability.	slackmaster	Feb 27	#11
Tru dat. Not entirely bad, has to do with stuff deep in our brain that protects us from	jtuck004	Feb 27	#13
One of my friends from undergraduate days now has a PhD in Epidemiology. He has a very different...	slackmaster	Feb 27	#14
That's interesting.	jtuck004	Feb 27	#15
I need to find my copy of Dan Gardner's "Risk" again now. (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 27	#35
It's clearly a result of misleading vividness in media coverage of selected violent crimes	slackmaster	Feb 27	#10
just one thing. unemployed people left out of the equation. not counted.	robinlynne	Feb 27	#28
It wouldn't make sense to include unemployed people in the survey...	slackmaster	Feb 27	#30
actually you just dont know how terrifying it is. much higher on my fear scale.	robinlynne	Feb 27	#43
Sorry if that seemed insensitive, robinlynne. I have been laid off numerous times, and dead broke	slackmaster	Feb 27	#46
Of course. If one is shot dead, losing their job is the last thing on their mind	graham4anything	Feb 27	#31
Do you realize that many "gun nuts" worry about being the victim of gun violence ...	spin	Feb 28	#48

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