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In reply to the discussion: You can blame gun owners or blame the mentally ill... [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)And the gifts of the robber barons are just another example of trickle down economics. The fact remains we have the greatest fighting force ever amassed in the history of the human race to protect the wealth of corporations. It is now as it always was, a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. And the wealth that allows us to discuss the finer points of art history was amassed through the sacrifice of those who will never get that opportunity. And they used guns to do it.
If you're concerned about "gun culture" and mourn that there isn't enough classical culture and sensitivity in this country, it's because many of the best and brightest of us were raised to kill for the money to pay for it rather than enjoy it. They never got the chance to anthropomorphize painting, music and sculpture. Some rich asshole handed them a gun instead. That's where your crude, distasteful "gun culture" comes from.