Comments on: Gun Control Doesn’t Work

By: Pottering

Pottering — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:50:21 +0000

No need to start whining Michael, you seem quite annoyed that people are asking why your article failed totally to support the title of the article, or blog if you wish. Seems odd that you ignored the title of the article and spent the precious few words apparently available to you rambling on about cognitive dissonance and how conservatives allegedly go out the window in certain circumstances.

And yes, I believe gun control can work. The limited space available in a response to a blog ("just short bits of lite commentary") precludes a full blown explanation here.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:38:10 +0000

Funny. This is a blog…dumbass…nothing substantive just short bits of lite commentary. So can I take it that your position is that gun DOES work?

By: Pottering

Pottering — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:39:11 +0000

Michael, you say I'm missing the point, but the problem is that you have no point. Blathering on about "cognitive dissonance" sounds very impressive, but you provided nothing to support that claim. Critically your article totally failed to back up the title you gave it.

Another poster, DDS, similarly noted that what you wrote appeared to have no relation to the title of the article and all you could do is brush him/her off with a throwaway line about government employees.

Might I suggest that if you write an article titled "Gun Control Doesn't Work" then you actually include something substantive to support that case. Maybe you don't have anything substantive, which would explain why you provided nothing.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:49:54 +0000

Probably. But my freshman English composition professor was also a government employee and would think that government programs to control people – whether at home or abroad – work.

supporters of government thugs, and employees of the thug government often have the same viewpoint. So it does not surprise me at all.

By: DDS

DDS — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:41:50 +0000

Your freshman English Composition professor would have asked what your main topic was and why you didn't stick to it.

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By: MichaelBoldin

MichaelBoldin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:37:29 +0000

hmm. interesting. guess you missed the point. Trying to control the weapons of a nation is analogous to controlling the weapons of people. It's just part of the cognitive dissonance that I'm talking about – so many people don't even see how it relates.

By: Pottering

Pottering — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:40:23 +0000

The article is titled ‘Gun Control Doesn’t Work’ but the extract from an article that allegedly “sums up the position quite nicely” contains NOTHING about gun control.

This entire effort by Boldin is a waste of time and cyberspace because it contributes nothing to the supposed topic.

By: Jeff Matthews

Jeff Matthews — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:11:40 +0000

Let me suggest that, in modern times, our wars are not fought to prevent "communism" and "terrorism." They are fought to keep regular the flow of resources – minerals, cheap labor, etc. – from other countries. Our definition of foreign "democracy" and "friendly" government is "those who will trade with us on favorable terms."

Of course, what has happened as a result is that productivity has been outsourced abroad, damaging the middle class. So, how is this exactly good for America?

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