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In reply to the discussion: Wow !!! - Check Out The Front Page Of HuffPo... The Price Of "Freedom" [View all]Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)24. I guess you missed the point
Dog bites are not the "Price of Freedom" they are just a cost we accept as a society for our furry buddies.
The author of that article is suggesting we curtail "freedom" because the human price is too high. The author even uses pictures to make the case. This, the author claims, is the price of freedom. I was attempting to point out the irrelevance of that statement. We do not need to give up our freedom as a condition of controlling weapons. Nor are dead people victims the price we pay for liberty.
That's just the price we pay for guns.
If you want a picture of the "price" we pay for freedom here you go. Education and knowlege are the foundation of freedom:
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Wow !!! - Check Out The Front Page Of HuffPo... The Price Of "Freedom" [View all]
WillyT
Feb 2013
OP
Hysteria like that is usually a RW trait. Kind of like equating ObamaCare with Socialism & the
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#35
I don't think so, but not everyone shares my opinion. Thanks for reading anyway. :)
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#21
My objection to that article has nothing to do with my position on gun control
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#19
I'm with you on the leaf-blowers. In my neighborhood they have leaf-blower wars. Everyone pays
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Feb 2013
#34
I wouldn't go so far as making them illegal because there are already so many laws on the books
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Feb 2013
#65
HuffPo used a cheap, uncritical appeal to emotion. I threw it back at them intentionally
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2013
#50
Since you're so determined to reassure me that no one is going to take the guns away
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2013
#58
+ 1000 We've seen what they've done to our schools, our social security, our economy. It's all fail.
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Feb 2013
#36
Kick & Rec. Though our "pro-gun progressives"* don't give a shit about the faces on that front page
apocalypsehow
Feb 2013
#57