Beowulf: One in four is a **** ratio. If there's a one in four chance of some guy shooting you in the head, you gonna give him a pistol? I have my own reasons to be interested in gun legalization, but that's a pretty poor one.
Carl: And, um, when exactly are we supposed to start distrusting the government? Seems to me like military tribunals of civilians, reinstatement of most of the same disgusting behavior that pushed things over the edge in the sixties, and constant warmongering are pretty ****ing good signs that something's amiss. You don't see those traits in healthy, democratic governments. Nor do you see a president coming out in support of a hugely inaccurate voting system run by some of his major contributors, or running a reelection campaign based largely on hating a largely disliked minority group.
In fact, there've been damn few militant dictatorships in history that didn't start right there. Oh, and with a passive, compliant populace that trusted its government too long.
Honestly, even given the minor chance that Bush is actually honest (and, let's be realistic here, he isn't. I haven't even personally met a Republican who still buys that crap after Iraq), there's still no reason to trust him or the rest of the current setup in Washington. Even on the infinitesimal chance that they somehow do have the peoples' best interest in mind, there's nothing to lose from distrusting them. There is nothing we won't lose if we trust them when we should not.
