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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....

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To: Bill who wrote (4842)11/10/1999 2:40:00 PM
From: pezz  Read Replies (3) of 6418
 
<<Let's take guns out of the argument and focus on why we are such a violent society.>> This of course would be the ideal approach. But as you well know we have been attempting to do this for quite some time now...... easier said than done!...In the meantime senseless killing continues.
I have never made the absurd claim that guns are the cause of this violence. But death being so final if we can take away the means of some of this killing even at the cost of some freedoms perhaps it might be a sacrifice that we can live with.
<< address the root causes of our society's violence,>> All suggestions will be welcome. We live in a very complex society...Like rats stuffed into a small space. Our evolutionary tendency toward "me first" responding to emotional and cultural situations often lead to violence. What to do? True taking away the guns is putting a band aid on a festering wound. Only a symptom fighter at best. But until some real solutions are found....
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