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In reply to the discussion: Memorial threads for gun victims. [View all]Straw Man
(6,624 posts)117. Do tell.
It has been explained to you numerous times...
...that "happiness is a warm gun" is a strong and powerful on guns that inspires fear in the hearts of gun nuts, so I have to believe that you are just trolling to troll.
...that "happiness is a warm gun" is a strong and powerful on guns that inspires fear in the hearts of gun nuts, so I have to believe that you are just trolling to troll.
A strong and powerful what on guns? Message? In my estimation, it's rather vague and more along the lines of "art for art's sake." Perhaps you'd like to explain how you feel it is so relevant to the issue of guns in American society.
Many different interpretations of the song have been offered. Some writers have suggested that, in addition to the Peanuts reference, the "warm gun" could refer to Lennon's sexual desire for Yoko Ono and to his well-documented problems with heroin at the time of the recording of the White Album, where the gun represents a hypodermic syringe, although Lennon claimed to have snorted heroin rather than injected it. In his 1980 Playboy interview Lennon admitted to the double meaning of guns and sexuality but denied that the song had anything to do with drugs: "that was the beginning of my relationship with Yoko and I was very sexually oriented then". American and British censors were unhappy with the song, and it was banned by the BBC.
--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_Is_a_Warm_Gun
--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_Is_a_Warm_Gun
It doesn't inspire fear in my heart. I guess I must not be a "gun nut." Not like those delicate flowers over at the BBC.
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Of course not, because guns were designed to kill, these other things were not, duh.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#7
So it is not the actual death toll but the designed purpose that determines what should be banned?
hack89
Dec 2014
#9
It is not an argument silly, it is an observation, like observing the earth is flat...no argument.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#11
In that case "Assault Weapons" must be defective seeing as how 6 times as many people are killed by
kioa
Dec 2014
#24
6 times more killed? So.....about 200,000....LOL x infinity. Rifles? LOL. Trying to exclude all
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#33
"Assault weapons" are rifles. All rifles are used in less than 1/6th the murders that knives are.
kioa
Dec 2014
#54
So make sure you add some actual discussion to your post and there will be no problem
hack89
Dec 2014
#22
I must have missed the discussion part of it. Looks like a music video to me and nothing else
hack89
Dec 2014
#34
Memorial threads that mention anything critical of their precious firearms is "trolling" to them.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#86
Where does this OP say anything about Lennon? Where did his John Lennon OP say anything about
kioa
Dec 2014
#87
Maybe you can support a repeal of freedom of religion & use a youtube video of "Imagine".
kioa
Dec 2014
#100