| A truly civilized society is not one in which |
by hadji |
2008-04-07 09:01:04 |
| the general population has no access to weapons, but one in which, recreation aside, they do not use them.
Opine. |
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How about ", they have no need for them." ? (n/t) | by krikkert | 2008-04-07 09:03:35 |
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And if you don't need them, why manufacture them? (n/t) | by EndlessWaves | 2008-04-07 09:07:17 |
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There will probably be some need for killing stuff | by Pic | 2008-04-07 09:09:49 |
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Why not generalise that to violence? | by Esteis | 2008-04-07 09:03:56 |
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What about those that consider a drive by | by joecrouse | 2008-04-07 09:16:03 |
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Then we'll have to get into a definition | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 09:52:07 |
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Seems pretty popular in major cities (n/t) | by joecrouse | 2008-04-07 10:19:08 |
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Doesn't make it part of the | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 10:32:50 |
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Moderated: Double Post (n/t) | by Nea | 2008-04-07 10:34:01 |
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To make a choice, you must have the actual option | by Twitchh | 2008-04-07 09:16:33 |
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You are talking 'people'; hadji asked about | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 09:44:01 |
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Society is like Soylent Green. | by hadji | 2008-04-07 09:48:36 |
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What makes you sure of that? | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:01:38 |
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Yes. | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:06:22 |
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Oh, and discipline. (n/t) | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:10:56 |
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Maybe. Maybe. | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:24:19 |
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I don't think that Ta'i Chi is completely | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:35:57 |
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OK. I had actually persuaded myself that you | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 11:00:52 |
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I'm not sure I understand your question. (n/t) | by hadji | 2008-04-07 11:02:21 |
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Peace man, The Chen style especially is Martial | by classic_jon | 2008-04-07 10:40:37 |
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Hmm, something to think about in the Vein you | by classic_jon | 2008-04-07 10:34:49 |
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That's a good point. | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:57:02 |
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Esteis' re-statement is the underlying point | by hadji | 2008-04-07 11:03:43 |
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I'm afraid it muddles the point, to me. | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 11:26:08 |
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What makes you believe that hadji's question | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 11:36:01 |
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I never said anything about preparing to use. | by hadji | 2008-04-07 11:36:49 |
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Ah, OK. In that case I misinterpreted your | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 12:03:10 |
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Unless you specifically define | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 09:50:35 |
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I'm sure that option was specifically included | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 09:58:28 |
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It doesn't take much time or training | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 09:59:39 |
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I wouldn't think so. | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:04:00 |
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I would say that | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 10:07:05 |
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Yeah, see, that's why I should have stipulated | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:11:57 |
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See, no, you can't do that. | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:20:35 |
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Hmmm - since we are now talking about | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:34:30 |
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I thought that was the purpose | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 10:37:16 |
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The TLP implies it. | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 10:54:10 |
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Training? | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:56:44 |
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How can you tell? | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 11:03:22 |
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In regards to your first question, | by hadji | 2008-04-07 11:06:32 |
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You do not have to be proficient to | by classic_jon | 2008-04-07 10:48:12 |
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You don't think child abuse is dangerous? o.O (n/ (n/t) | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:08:02 |
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Takes about a week. (n/t) | by joecrouse | 2008-04-07 10:20:12 |
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My statement in the TLP assumes that these | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:04:36 |
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Well, yeah. That was the general, underlying poin | by hadji | 2008-04-07 09:39:02 |
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Now, now hadji - are you trying to provoke a | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 09:38:26 |
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In a truly civilized society, | by hadji | 2008-04-07 09:41:22 |
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Hmm - I take it that you see UF as such? | by Peace_man | 2008-04-07 09:46:02 |
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Well, nothing is 100%, as I'm sure JD and any mod | by hadji | 2008-04-07 09:52:23 |
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Any civilization that does not use weapons | by murphoid | 2008-04-07 09:57:15 |
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He wasn't talking about not using weapons | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 09:58:34 |
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Then what stops the military from taking over? (n/t) | by murphoid | 2008-04-07 10:06:41 |
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I'd guess that would be | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 10:08:20 |
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Yes, | by krikkert | 2008-04-07 12:25:14 |
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Well you see | by DesertRat66 | 2008-04-07 12:46:40 |
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I agree, if the poulation had the option to | by classic_jon | 2008-04-07 10:52:52 |
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sp Poulation/*Population (n/t) | by classic_jon | 2008-04-07 11:22:15 |
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In a truly civil society | by DesertRat66 | 2008-04-07 11:30:08 |
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Agreed, but that appears to be | by MatthewDBA | 2008-04-07 11:33:50 |
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Gratuitous in that it would be unnecessary, but | by hadji | 2008-04-07 11:42:42 |
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Yeah...you OBVIOUSLY don't know some of the cops | by SnArL | 2008-04-07 12:05:59 |
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Something like that, yes. (n/t) | by veran | 2008-04-07 14:55:52 |
