I bet that his mother wouldn’t let him play with the original "Colonial Viper” and “Cylon Raider” models that actually launched plastic missiles (too dangerous for Andy-baby).
Nope. Serious.Someone please tell me this is satire. If not, this may be the most idiotic argument for repeal of the Second Amendment I have ever read. And that's saying a lot.
This guy is in Indiana too. Geez.
Column: Firearms have no place in civilized society. We should repeal the 2nd Amendment
Guest columnist argues the only way to address gun violence in the U.S. is to rewrite gun laws, starting with repealing the Second Amendment.amp.heraldtimesonline.com
What we have in "Paul Shriver, EdD" is proof of something about which Calvin Coolidge warned:Only by the grace if God, or the luck of fools, could a person with that unformed a sense of humanity, that lack of self perception, that unwound a spring of logic, that opaque a view of reality, survive more than a year beyond the date on which parental caretaking ceased.
His pointless existence is validated by his complete inability to grasp the order of nature, the definition of a "right", and the Socratic method of constructing an argument.
Like all leftwits........
He's right because he says he's right. DON'T YOU GET IT?
Edit to add: referring to Mr.Shriver from post #404
Compare the two pieces.Nope. Serious.
A youtuber even commented about it.
Someone should point out to him..
Why the Gun is Civilization.
By Marko Kloos
Reproduced by permission of the author.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force. The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gangbanger, and a single gay guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we’d be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger’s potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat–it has no validity when most of a mugger’s potential marks are armed. People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that’s the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there’s the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser. People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don’t constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level. The gun is the only weapon that’s as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weightlifter. It simply wouldn’t work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn’t both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don’t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation … and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act.
He is a psychologist, and many of his colleagues are also of similar mind. Interestingly, it is anecdotally said that many who enter mental health do so to analyze themselves. I leave it to others to decide if those two ideas are related..Someone please tell me this is satire. If not, this may be the most idiotic argument for repeal of the Second Amendment I have ever read. And that's saying a lot.
This guy is in Indiana too. Geez.
Column: Firearms have no place in civilized society. We should repeal the 2nd Amendment
Guest columnist argues the only way to address gun violence in the U.S. is to rewrite gun laws, starting with repealing the Second Amendment.amp.heraldtimesonline.com
i had just read this "article" when this thread started. i couldn't find it again.Someone please tell me this is satire. If not, this may be the most idiotic argument for repeal of the Second Amendment I have ever read. And that's saying a lot.
This guy is in Indiana too. Geez.
Column: Firearms have no place in civilized society. We should repeal the 2nd Amendment
Guest columnist argues the only way to address gun violence in the U.S. is to rewrite gun laws, starting with repealing the Second Amendment.amp.heraldtimesonline.com
abuse of authority is exactly what that is.He is a psychologist, and many of his colleagues are also of similar mind. Interestingly, it is anecdotally said that many who enter mental health do so to analyze themselves. I leave it to others to decide if those two ideas are related..
At one time, my late wife was in the office of a psychiatrist. Not knowing the leanings of such people, and knowing that many physicians are in fact, gun owners, I made a general, somewhat vague comment about obtaining a LTCH. {which my wife either recently had or was in the process of obtaining.) The doctor very clearly voiced that if she ever became aware of any of her patients having received that license, she would immediately contact the state and have it revoked. Blanket policy, facts or details unimportant. The fact was that she didn't like guns and so was not above abusing her authority to ensure that as many people as possible would be denied the ability to lawfully carry them. I did not at the time consider that she might have thought that doing this prevented people from obtaining them lawfully, but it would not surprise me.
Blessings,
Bill
I was listening to Cam Edwards' podcast yesterday and this article was discussed there as well. The failure of our public schools are evident.Someone please tell me this is satire. If not, this may be the most idiotic argument for repeal of the Second Amendment I have ever read. And that's saying a lot.
This guy is in Indiana too. Geez.
Column: Firearms have no place in civilized society. We should repeal the 2nd Amendment
Guest columnist argues the only way to address gun violence in the U.S. is to rewrite gun laws, starting with repealing the Second Amendment.amp.heraldtimesonline.com
Her oath of confidentiality does not prohibit her from reporting concerns she has. As an example, if in the course of treatment, a patient were to state that they either had committed or were about to commit a kidnapping, or that they had horrible thoughts regarding a specific child or group of children, the doctor is bound by law to report such things. If she can articulate that a patient, diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and thus, prone to mood swings, is a danger to herself or others because she is in possession of a firearm, she is within her authority to make such report.abuse of authority is exactly what that is.
i'm not a lawyer (although i have played the defendant a few times), but the shrink just let you know that she is willing to disregard her oath of confidentiality.
i would have reported her.
Let me guess. A Phd in "Education" and lives in Bloomington. Right?Someone please tell me this is satire. If not, this may be the most idiotic argument for repeal of the Second Amendment I have ever read. And that's saying a lot.
This guy is in Indiana too. Geez.
Column: Firearms have no place in civilized society. We should repeal the 2nd Amendment
Guest columnist argues the only way to address gun violence in the U.S. is to rewrite gun laws, starting with repealing the Second Amendment.amp.heraldtimesonline.com
Thought this was interesting: