assault weapon ban

[McGiver]

Kinda like we need a scapegoat (someone to blame), so we don't have to take personal responsibility for our own life's choices.
A moral high ground.

[odeon]

I don't think they like it, considering how much they bitch about the politicians and officials. They are only too stupid to understand that it is their own fault that someone else tells them what to do.

But I do think they like it. Deep inside they do. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It's why you will happily accept the money from the state.

[RageBeoulve]

I don't think they like it, considering how much they bitch about the politicians and officials. They are only too stupid to understand that it is their own fault that someone else tells them what to do.

But I do think they like it. Deep inside they do. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It's why you will happily accept the money from the state.

And why I DON'T. 

[odeon]

I don't think they like it, considering how much they bitch about the politicians and officials. They are only too stupid to understand that it is their own fault that someone else tells them what to do.

But I do think they like it. Deep inside they do. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It's why you will happily accept the money from the state.

And why I DON'T. 

Most people would. It is why the system works.

[RageBeoulve]

Yes. They do. This entire problem is their fault, too. It may not have been in the past, but in modern times, all these ridiculous bans and proposals for retarded emotional decisions are approved by the vote of these exact kind of moron.

I hate them, so goddamn much.

[odeon]

It is only a problem if you perceive it as such. And most people don't.

[TheoK]

I don't think they like it, considering how much they bitch about the politicians and officials. They are only too stupid to understand that it is their own fault that someone else tells them what to do.

But I do think they like it. Deep inside they do. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It's why you will happily accept the money from the state.

I personally actually don't happily accept it. It is just incredibly much easier than trying to survive on a job that is way below my potential, which is the situation I would end up in without my disability.

The difference between me and "average" peope is that they were happy with this to start with.

[TheoK]

It is only a problem if you perceive it as such. And most people don't.

Some stalker threatens you and your family. You know that he is dangerous, but the cops say that they don't have the legal means to arrest him. You want a gun to defend your family, but you won't get any, because self-defense isn't a "valid reason" to get a license here. If you manage to get an illegal gun and you use it, you are more likely to get a harder punishment than the stalker will get. How is that not a problem?

Or the state surveilling your private communications without you not even being a suspect. Doesn't that bother you?

Or the state denying you some medication you need, not for an objective reason, but because they have "decided" that it is against their policy to allow the use of this substance.

[odeon]

I don't think they like it, considering how much they bitch about the politicians and officials. They are only too stupid to understand that it is their own fault that someone else tells them what to do.

But I do think they like it. Deep inside they do. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It's why you will happily accept the money from the state.

I personally actually don't happily accept it. It is just incredibly much easier than trying to survive on a job that is way below my potential, which is the situation I would end up in without my disability.

The difference between me and "average" peope is that they were happy with this to start with.

Same thing, really. You accept it, you are part of the system.

[odeon]

It is only a problem if you perceive it as such. And most people don't.

Some stalker threatens you and your family. You know that he is dangerous, but the cops say that they don't have the legal means to arrest him. You want a gun to defend your family, but you won't get any, because self-defense isn't a reason to get a license here. How is that not a problem?

Or the state surveilling your private communications without you not even being a suspect. Doesn't that bother you?

Read my reply. Most people won't see any of this as a problem. The system works.

[TheoK]

Same thing, really. You accept it, you are part of the system.

I'm glad that I don't contribute, though 

[TheoK]

Read my reply. Most people won't see any of this as a problem. The system works.

No no, are you personally satisfied with this? Remember that you couldn't even get melatonin legally due to the incredibly stupid legislation here.

[TheoK]

Amateur psychology: you are not satisfied with this system either, but you are obsessed with stability, which you like to talk yourself into that this system provides. Am I not right?

[McGiver]

Odeon is uncomfortable with change.  That is his preference.  He should be free to pursue an un changeable life.

[TheoK]