because for some people, the law is all that is holding them back.
Case in point, anything I was talking about them doing is against the law. Moot point.
I never asked to be protected and I don't want it.
Fine then, move somewhere else.
Also, it is cowardice when they shoot down civiis and I feel anger thinking about it.
Okay, to sum it up: You think that the military is a bunch of cowards, partly because you didn't ask for it, and partly because you just don't like guns or people with guns. That's about what it sounds like. Were it not illegal and immoral, I would challenge you to be behind a gun and pull the trigger on someone. It takes a lot more than a coward to do it.
Because you are too scared to get too close and also want an unfair fight.
Being scared has nothing to do with it. Getting close voluntarily is stupid in a fight, it gives them a better position on you. Also, damn right I want an unfair fight. You generally walk away from those more often.
true strong minded thing to do would be to not fight and try to control yourself and reason with each other.
Tell ya what. Why don't you head down to the Middle East and see how far that gets. Ideals like that only work when the other side shares your values.
Also, to put themselves in the situation of committing murder and throwing their lives away by going to prison shows lack of self respect since they basically threw their own future away
Problem is, most of them think that "oh, it'll never happen to me, I'm to good." Besides, its their future, not anyone else's. If they want to throw it away, they can be my guest. I just take a small amount of comfort from the fact that if they come to my particular house, I can do more than just hope they are too nervous to pull the trigger.
They should think with their brains, not with their emotions so much.
In a perfect world, Mr. Stoic.
It isn't a problem if you are smart enough to avoid certain areas or situations
Yeah, like your house when you go to sleep at night and a robber breaks in.
you are more likely to get shot
(always wanted to use that one)
So be it.
Don't let the culture brainwash you because it seems that the USA likes war and I will have no part in this or anyone who thinks that way.
Merely because I support the values of my culture and my right to defend them does not mean that I have been brainwashed by it. War is sometimes necessary. It is also Hell, but a necessary Hell. If you want to fool yourself into thinking that it never, ever has to come to that, go ahead. I prefer to plan for the inevitable than put all my hopes on the infallibility of the human spirit
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Another thing is there is no such thing as a best country.
Did I accidentally say this somewhere? Oh, wait. Nope.
To have peace, you must put certain differences aside (like religious beliefs), try to avoid misunderstandings and reason to remedy the misunderstandings before making a move, don't look for a fight, and cooperate. Get real.
Okay, go tell this to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khaled Mashaal, Ismail Haniyah, Mahmoud Zahar, Robert Mugabe, Omar Al-Bashir, Kim Jong Ill, and any number of people who kill thousands of people on their way to power. Why don't we just tell them to put their differences aside and co-operate. Like that will ever happen.
Also, the certain freedoms we have here come at an expensive price.
You know the old saying, "Freedom isn't free." I'm not even going to address the rest of that demagogue because it wasn't the point of the argument (aside from pointing out that we have some of the best health care in the world, that even the poorest American is in the 10% richest people in the world bracket, excellent homeland security, and to top it off, excellent job opportunities, compared to the rest of the world.)
