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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-11 08:56 PM
Response to Reply #46
82. I must admit I misjudged you- You don't act like a Freeper talking about Canada.
You act like a Freeper talking about Mexico, right down to the belligerence and nationalistic hatred.

It's fun blaming the 'other' for your problems, isn't it?
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  -Someone just tried to tell me there are 3 TIMES MORE GUNS in Canada than there are here in the USA LaydeeBug  Apr-20-11 09:16 AM   #0 
  - Cool story  slackmaster   Apr-20-11 09:17 AM   #1 
  - Canada has 1/3 our population  Hangingon   Apr-20-11 09:20 AM   #2 
  - Try 1/10, roughly  Spider Jerusalem   Apr-20-11 09:25 AM   #7 
     - Thanks, you are correct.  Hangingon   Apr-20-11 09:49 AM   #14 
  - Here ya go (and yes they are completely full of shit).  phleshdef   Apr-20-11 09:21 AM   #3 
  - Here it says US has 88.8 guns per 100 people: Canada has 30.8  sinkingfeeling   Apr-20-11 09:21 AM   #4 
  - To be fair I think it's more like 15 teabaggers with 5 guns each, and the other 10-15 sane gun  AlabamaLibrul   Apr-20-11 09:52 AM   #15 
     - From surveys about 50% of US households have guns in them  lawodevolution   Apr-20-11 10:48 PM   #95 
  - No  PVnRT   Apr-20-11 09:23 AM   #5 
  - surprised that Switzerland is up there?  gejohnston   Apr-20-11 04:50 PM   #51 
  - Um, that's...  Deep13   Apr-20-11 09:24 AM   #6 
  - No no no. We're definitely more paranoid here in the good ol' U.S.A.  onehandle   Apr-20-11 09:25 AM   #8 
  - Well that's it, isn't it.  Deep13   Apr-20-11 09:27 AM   #10 
  - Bingo. nt  onehandle   Apr-20-11 09:34 AM   #12 
  - I own firearms for target shooting and I carry one for self defense ...  spin   Apr-20-11 12:07 PM   #29 
  - Some of us live in wild places.  Callisto32   Apr-20-11 03:35 PM   #39 
     - Swing and a miss.  Deep13   Apr-20-11 06:20 PM   #61 
     - Well said. And in those places guns are needed.  Starboard Tack   Apr-21-11 01:28 AM   #113 
  - See our murder rate? We should be paranoid! n-t  Logical   Apr-20-11 10:21 AM   #20 
  - I would be concern if it wasn't for the issue  hack89   May-15-11 07:37 AM   #123 
  - What proportion of gun-owners (or pro-rights people) do you think are paranoid dudes  petronius   Apr-20-11 12:16 PM   #30 
     - Judging from hysterical rants  gejohnston   Apr-20-11 06:45 PM   #62 
  - Maybe they were counting those belonging to the Canadian military  ProgressiveProfessor   Apr-20-11 09:27 AM   #9 
  - Yeah, but then we have to count the ones in the gigantic USA military too. nt  Deep13   Apr-20-11 09:28 AM   #11 
  - I am sorry that my early morning sarcasm was not more clear  ProgressiveProfessor   Apr-20-11 09:54 AM   #16 
  - I'm pretty sure the US military has only a few million guns  lawodevolution   Apr-20-11 10:50 PM   #96 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-20-11 10:30 AM   #22 
     - "Americans are gun sexual fetishists"  PavePusher   Apr-20-11 11:40 AM   #24 
     - he/she/it's just another bigot who hates the members of a culture it does't understand  lawodevolution   Apr-20-11 10:51 PM   #97 
     - Honestly....  eqfan592   Apr-20-11 11:43 AM   #25 
     - Nice job murphy  rl6214   Apr-20-11 11:58 AM   #27 
     - They deserve to be insulted....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 12:47 PM   #32 
        - Wow, Canadians that hate the US are no different than the USAians that hate Canada!  friendly_iconoclast   Apr-20-11 01:52 PM   #33 
        - Canadians realized...  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 02:16 PM   #34 
           - 10-4 roger dodger over and out  rrneck   Apr-20-11 02:45 PM   #36 
           - What Canadians think about Americans....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 04:01 PM   #45 
              - Yes, you're very clever.  rrneck   Apr-20-11 04:28 PM   #48 
              - I can play all day....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 04:35 PM   #50 
                 - Dig it Ringo...  rrneck   Apr-20-11 05:38 PM   #56 
                    - You can keep, it....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 07:26 PM   #64 
                       - I noticed you didn't provide a link  rl6214   Apr-20-11 07:41 PM   #66 
                       - Oh you mean this link? Where those graphs came from, and mentioned in another DU thread?  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 08:02 PM   #72 
                       - When you learn  rrneck   Apr-20-11 08:01 PM   #71 
                       - The embarassment of riches is....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 08:04 PM   #73 
                          - Of course.  rrneck   Apr-20-11 08:12 PM   #75 
                          - Oh you mean...  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 08:31 PM   #78 
                             - Nope.  rrneck   Apr-20-11 08:44 PM   #80 
                             - Boy....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 09:13 PM   #83 
                                - Thats right.  rrneck   Apr-20-11 09:59 PM   #89 
                             - Yeah, that's why we took on Japan pretty much by our selves  rl6214   Apr-20-11 11:47 PM   #103 
                             - In fairness  gejohnston   Apr-21-11 12:35 AM   #105 
                             - That's true,....  murphyj87   Apr-21-11 12:39 AM   #108 
                                - What!?  rrneck   Apr-21-11 12:43 AM   #109 
                                - yes  gejohnston   Apr-21-11 01:22 AM   #112 
                             - So you had from 39 to 42 and couldn't get the job done  RSillsbee   Apr-21-11 08:52 AM   #118 
                          - Well thank God you don't live in this awefull country  rl6214   Apr-20-11 11:45 PM   #102 
                       - cherry picked stats and cherry picked countries of reference  lawodevolution   Apr-20-11 10:57 PM   #98 
              - Do you really think that we give a damn. n/t  oneshooter   Apr-20-11 07:20 PM   #63 
                 - Of course not....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 08:44 PM   #79 
                 - I'm begining to think Skoldilocks has an evil twin NT  RSillsbee   Apr-20-11 10:27 PM   #94 
           - Actually that comment being removed  rl6214   Apr-20-11 05:49 PM   #57 
              - None of which I did...  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 07:34 PM   #65 
                 - "gun sexual fetishists" is against forum rules  rl6214   Apr-20-11 07:44 PM   #68 
                    - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-20-11 08:09 PM   #74 
                       - I can only hope that you are not actually representative of most Canadians  petronius   Apr-20-11 09:27 PM   #84 
                          - Not all...  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 09:34 PM   #86 
                             - Wow. I'd say you've just insulted Canada more viciously than anything you said about the US...  petronius   Apr-20-11 09:39 PM   #87 
                                - But it's the truth, if you really knew Canadians.....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 09:42 PM   #88 
                                   - I call BS. Looking back through this thread, it's clear that if most Canadians had  petronius   Apr-20-11 10:03 PM   #90 
        - What makes you special?  rrneck   Apr-20-11 03:10 PM   #37 
        - Wow....  Callisto32   Apr-20-11 03:52 PM   #43 
           - We defeated you once and could again  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 04:02 PM   #46 
              - What?  rl6214   Apr-20-11 06:04 PM   #59 
              - I especially like  rrneck   Apr-20-11 06:12 PM   #60 
                 - Certain citizens of other English-speaking countries like to play "Kick the Yanks"  friendly_iconoclast   Apr-20-11 08:46 PM   #81 
                    - You used to lead the world 45 to 50 years ago.....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 09:32 PM   #85 
                    - You're welcome. nt  rrneck   Apr-20-11 10:06 PM   #91 
                    - Again pulling a whole bunch of statistics out of your ass  rl6214   Apr-20-11 11:52 PM   #104 
                       - If they prove you right.....  murphyj87   Apr-21-11 12:46 AM   #110 
                    - It's hilarious.  rrneck   Apr-20-11 10:22 PM   #93 
              - I must admit I misjudged you- You don't act like a Freeper talking about Canada.  friendly_iconoclast   Apr-20-11 08:56 PM   #82 
              - Canada's Imperialist Aggression  Remmah2   Apr-21-11 09:23 AM   #120 
        - Have a hard time getting through doors much?  Callisto32   Apr-20-11 03:45 PM   #41 
        - Canada and RKBA  RSillsbee   Apr-20-11 03:47 PM   #42 
        - These videos feature a RADICAL CONSERVATIVE, one in front of the VOICE OF CONSERVATIVES IN CANADA  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 04:32 PM   #49 
           - are you saying  gejohnston   Apr-20-11 04:58 PM   #52 
           - Are you saying?  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 05:02 PM   #53 
              - kind of  gejohnston   Apr-20-11 05:11 PM   #54 
                 - Sounds right to me.....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 05:13 PM   #55 
                    - from what I understand  gejohnston   Apr-20-11 11:17 PM   #100 
                    - So how did those canadian elections work out for you  rl6214   May-15-11 05:23 AM   #122 
           - These videos feature  RSillsbee   Apr-20-11 10:20 PM   #92 
           - Yes, 3% of Canadians agree with her.......  murphyj87   Apr-21-11 12:35 AM   #106 
              - Pity.  rrneck   Apr-21-11 12:39 AM   #107 
              - The United States doesn't believe in majority rule  RSillsbee   Apr-21-11 08:48 AM   #117 
              - I doubt you'll be missed. BTW, your posts are discriminatory, per CA law:  friendly_iconoclast   Apr-21-11 11:07 AM   #121 
           - this 19 year old kid?  gejohnston   Apr-21-11 12:52 AM   #111 
              - Katey Montague  RSillsbee   Apr-21-11 09:15 AM   #119 
        - No advanced nation?  rl6214   Apr-20-11 06:01 PM   #58 
        - Exactly...  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 07:45 PM   #69 
           - You didn't answer my question about the child  rl6214   Apr-20-11 07:55 PM   #70 
              - If you read...it said....  murphyj87   Apr-20-11 08:26 PM   #76 
        - You need to dig your bunker deeper....  PavePusher   Apr-20-11 11:20 PM   #101 
           - There is a rising tide of resentment  Katya Mullethov   Apr-21-11 08:43 AM   #116 
     - You make a good case for RKBA.  rrneck   Apr-20-11 12:04 PM   #28 
  - switzerland is supposed to be armed to the teeth  karnac   Apr-20-11 09:35 AM   #13 
  - Be careful not to conflate  benEzra   Apr-20-11 03:39 PM   #40 
     - point taken and acknowledged.  karnac   Apr-20-11 07:42 PM   #67 
        - They have a gun culture, and apparently not much of a murder problem.  friendly_iconoclast   Apr-20-11 08:31 PM   #77 
        - If you add a little logic to that, one can conclude that gun culture does not have anything to do  lawodevolution   Apr-20-11 11:01 PM   #99 
        - Pretty much. Czech Republic also has gun laws very similar to USA, and little crime.  benEzra   Apr-21-11 08:15 AM   #115 
  - Tell 'em to prove it...  SidDithers   Apr-20-11 09:57 AM   #17 
  - The problem with that is  RC   Apr-20-11 10:36 AM   #23 
  - I belive...  Callisto32   Apr-20-11 03:53 PM   #44 
  - Someone has been snorting. nt  tsuki   Apr-20-11 10:14 AM   #18 
  - It's True That Canada Has More Guns Per Capita Than We Do In The US............  ChoppinBroccoli   Apr-20-11 10:16 AM   #19 
  - You hit the nail on the head. Selfish country! n-t  Logical   Apr-20-11 10:22 AM   #21 
  - Do you have a source for that misinformation?  sinkingfeeling   Apr-20-11 11:46 AM   #26 
  - Wrong... US is #1 in per-capita civilian firearm ownership. Canada is #13.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Apr-20-11 12:32 PM   #31 
  - If it's close to true we need to buy more firearms.  ileus   Apr-20-11 02:27 PM   #35 
  - I think they meant per capita NT  RSillsbee   Apr-20-11 03:34 PM   #38 
  - The only place I have seen or heard of it  gejohnston   Apr-20-11 04:22 PM   #47 
  - I live in Buffalo, friends in Fort Erie.  Remmah2   Apr-21-11 08:05 AM   #114 
 

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