Sadly, no, it's not particularly skewed. That is, in fact, the way the goatfuckers in the Administration think.
See, the main problem with the Administration is that, well, the only voting bloc they've still got is the "psycho violent loony" vote. And all our political assassins COME from that bloc. So, while there is every reason to assasinate them, none of us who hate the guy are actually violent murderers.
Oh we all know that that cunt isn't the US. But what really fucks me off is that for all the USians who go on at great and tedious length about the "right to bear arms" and justify it with "preventing tyranny" - well, I've not seen a whole lot of use of those arms to put an end to the current tyranny. I conclude that the gun nut lobby are hypocrites.
Personally, I'm all in favour of guns. My reason is that shooting is fun.
I am deeply in the "making holes in targets while simultaneously making loud noises is FREAKIN' AWESOME" camp.
My problem is several-fold. As I said above, the "psycho violent loony" bloc is the only bloc that still supports Bush. And for the NON-psycho NON-violent NON-loonies who think that the world would be improved by bullets through the crania of, say, Musharif, Putin, and Bush, just as three entirely hypothetical examples that have NOTHING to do with my own person opinions, well, those three people have FUCKLOADS OF SECURITY.
Personally, I think that, if the Second Amendment is supposed to be a check against tyranny, then government officials should be forbidden from having security within their own country. If they want to have security when going into war zones, that's okay. But democratically-elected leaders who are officially simply citizens who represent their fellow citizens should be required to live like the people who elected them.
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Date: 2007-12-02 02:07 am (UTC)I blame Diebold, because I have trouble believe that THAT many of the people in my country are THAT stupid.
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Date: 2007-12-02 02:08 am (UTC)I do notice, too, that that article is quite skewed. Though it still puts the willies up me.
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Date: 2007-12-02 02:26 am (UTC)See, the main problem with the Administration is that, well, the only voting bloc they've still got is the "psycho violent loony" vote. And all our political assassins COME from that bloc. So, while there is every reason to assasinate them, none of us who hate the guy are actually violent murderers.
Shame, really.
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Date: 2007-12-02 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-03 09:20 pm (UTC)Personally, I'm all in favour of guns. My reason is that shooting is fun.
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Date: 2007-12-03 11:49 pm (UTC)My problem is several-fold. As I said above, the "psycho violent loony" bloc is the only bloc that still supports Bush. And for the NON-psycho NON-violent NON-loonies who think that the world would be improved by bullets through the crania of, say, Musharif, Putin, and Bush, just as three entirely hypothetical examples that have NOTHING to do with my own person opinions, well, those three people have FUCKLOADS OF SECURITY.
Personally, I think that, if the Second Amendment is supposed to be a check against tyranny, then government officials should be forbidden from having security within their own country. If they want to have security when going into war zones, that's okay. But democratically-elected leaders who are officially simply citizens who represent their fellow citizens should be required to live like the people who elected them.